## Abstract Investigation of varicellaβzoster virus (VZV) DNA in 20 healthy children with varicella vaccination was carried out by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and nested double PCR. Samples of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and throat swabs were simultaneously collected 3 t
Attenuated varicella virus vaccine in children with renal transplants
β Scribed by Isabel Zamora; Jose M. Simon; Maria E. Silva; Ana I. Piqueras
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 305 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-041X
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