shingles in infancy

Last reviewed 07/2021

  • 1.2% of babies who were exposed in utero to varicella in the second or third trimester develop shingles in infancy or childhood

Reference:

  1. Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin 2005; 43(9):69-72.

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