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Metadata
Title
Statin therapy and herpes virus reactivation—response to Zuin et al. paper
Authors
Jonathan E. Sutton
Negar Maghsoodi
Alexa R. Shipman
Kate E. Shipman
Publication date
01-06-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases / Issue 6/2019
Print ISSN: 0934-9723
Electronic ISSN: 1435-4373
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03513-2

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