PMID: 2485895Aug 21, 1989Paper

Recurrence of Varicella-zoster virus infection

Polski tygodnik lekarski
M Marczyńska

Abstract

A case of Varicella-zoster virus re-infection in a 3.5-year child with the acute lymphoblastic leukemia is presented. This report aims at emphasizing a possibility of re-activation of the virus in younger and younger children with immunodeficiency. A clinical course may imitate chicken-pox creating diagnostic problems.

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