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Management of infections due to the Varicella-Zoster virus Volume 8, numéro 6, September 1998

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Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Service des Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, 93, grande rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69317 Lyon Cedex 04
  • Page(s) : 397-402
  • Année de parution : 1998

The reasons for conducting a consensus conference on the treatment of infections due to Varicella-Zoster viruses (VZV) in 1998 are epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic and prophylactic. 1. In the USA, UK and in some countries in Asia, the increasing incidence of varicella in patients aged 15 years or more has resulted in an increase in severe forms and in mortality. Moreover, infections of the VZV group are a matter of concern [...]