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Medical Clinics of North America, 2013 Herpes zoster (HZ) or ‘shingles’ is a painful vesicular rash resulting from reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus that also causes chickenpox. The incidence of HZ infection (HZI) increases with age and the degree of immunosuppresssion. Post herpetic neuralgia, the most common complication of HZ, occurs after the zoster rash has resolved ...
Douglas S Paauw
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Seasonality of herpes zoster and herpes zoster ophthalmicus
Journal of Clinical Virology, 2020 Herpes zoster (HZ) and herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) are common and debilitating diseases. There is no consensus in the literature whether HZ and HZO exhibit seasonal patterns.To determine whether HZ and HZO are seasonal.All patients in the OptumLabs® Data Warehouse (OLDW), a longitudinal, insurance claims database with de-identified lives between ...
Elyse J Berlinberg +2 more
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Pioneer factors in viral infection
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Pioneer factors are transcription factors sharing the fascinating ability to bind to compact chromatin and thereby alter its transcriptional fate. Most pioneer factors are known for their importance during embryonic development, for instance, in inducing
Eva Neugebauer +9 more
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Herpes Zoster and Recurrent Herpes Zoster [PDF]
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2017 AbstractBackgroundThe incidence of recurrent herpes zoster (HZ) and the relationship between initial and recurrent HZ are not clear.MethodsThe Miyazaki Dermatologist Society has surveyed ~5000 patients with HZ annually since 1997. A questionnaire regarding HZ and its recurrence was completed by the dermatologists.ResultsA total of 34 877 patients with ...
Shiraki, Kimiyasu +3 more
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Swiss Medical Weekly, 2021 INTRODUCTION: Herpes zoster is the common reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus infection and is associated with substantial morbidity and costs.
Leonard D. Bongers +3 more
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Herpes zoster ophthalmicus infection after kidney transplantation
Turkish Journal of Internal Medicine, 2020 Herpes zoster causes an acute dermatomal infection with vesicular rash associated with reactivation of the Varicella zoster virus. The infection usually involves the thoracic, cervical, ophthalmic and lumbosacral regions.
Abdulmecit Yildiz +4 more
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Analysis of influencing factors of herpes zoster-related neuropathic pain on the head and face
Pifu-xingbing zhenliaoxue zazhi, 2023 Objective To explore the influencing factors of herpes zoster neuralgia in order to provide reference for the diagnosis and the treatment of this disease.
Huiya SUN, Jun WANG, Tao YUAN, Ting FAN
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Viruses, 2022 Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes varicella as a primary infection and remains latent in the ganglia until it becomes reactivated to cause herpes zoster. Individuals with varicella develop adaptive humoral and cell-mediated immunity.
Naruhito Otani +3 more
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Health Habits and Beliefs among Patients with Herpes Zoster [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Health CareBackground: Herpes zoster, or shingles, stems from the reactivation of the latent varicella-zoster virus. While primarily presenting as a painful rash, it can progress to postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a state of chronic, intense pain that continues after
Rahma Mohamed Mohamed +3 more
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Willingness to vaccinate against herpes zoster in Chinese urban population: a mixed-methods study
BMJ Open, 2023 Objective Although the herpes zoster vaccine has been available in mainland China since June 2020, residents’ knowledge of herpes zoster and the herpes zoster vaccine is poor, and vaccination rates are low, especially among the elderly, who are at high ...
Ping He +8 more
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