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Wise RP, Salive ME, Braun MM, Mootrey GT, Seward JF, Rider LG, Krause PR, "Postlicensure safety surveillance for varicella vaccine," Journal of the American Medical Association, September 13, 2000, 284(10):1271-9.
The following sources in medical texts and literature provide additional background and case reports for pathology observed with natural chickenpox or herpes zoster.
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