Herpes Zoster as a Sign of AIDS and nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy: a case report
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Helena Lucia Barroso dos Reis, Fernanda Sampaio Cavalcante, Katia Regina Netto dos Santos, Mauro Romero Leal Passos, Dennis de Carvalho Ferreira I Federal University of Espı́rito Santo (UFES), Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Espı́rito Santo, Vitória/ES, Brazil. II Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo de Góes Microbiology Institute, UFRJ. III Microbiology Institute, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil, Fluminense Federal University (UFF), STD Sector, Niterói/RJ, Brazil.
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