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More Zoster Vaccine May Help Protect Elderly Patients
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Title More Zoster Vaccine May Help Protect Elderly Patients
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/709616?src=rss
Description Cell-mediated immunity plays a crucial role in resistance to herpes zoster in elderly patients, and giving more or higher doses of the zoster vaccine may boost the immune response, researchers report in the October 1st issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Infectious Diseases
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Date Sep 30, 2009
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