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Statin therapy and herpes virus reactivation—response to Zuin et al. paper

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  1. University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    Jonathan E. Sutton

  2. Department of Chemical Pathology, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, UK

    Negar Maghsoodi

  3. Department of Dermatology, St Mary’s Hospital, Portsmouth, UK

    Alexa R. Shipman

  4. Department of Pathology, St Richard’s Hospital, Chichester, UK

    Kate E. Shipman

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Sutton, J.E., Maghsoodi, N., Shipman, A.R. et al. Statin therapy and herpes virus reactivation—response to Zuin et al. paper. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 38, 1195–1197 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03513-2

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