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Concerns on Vaccine against Varicella Caused by Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection

Virologica Sinica volume 36, pages 159–162 (2021)Cite this article

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  1. Wen-Bo Zeng and Fukun Zhang contributed equally to this work.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Virology, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (CEBSIT), Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China

    Wen-Bo Zeng, Shuang Cheng, Jin-yan Sun & Min-Hua Luo

  2. Changchun Keygen Biological Products Co. Ltd, Changchun, 130000, China

    Fukun Zhang & Hongjie Shen

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Min-Hua Luo

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Zeng, WB., Zhang, F., Cheng, S. et al. Concerns on Vaccine against Varicella Caused by Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection. Virol. Sin. 36, 159–162 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-020-00231-4

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