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Can vaccinating older adults against varicella zoster virus prevent herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia?

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boxed-textOxman MN et al. (2005) A vaccine to prevent herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in older adults. N Engl J Med 352: 2271–2284

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