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Varicella Zoster Virus Encephalitis [PDF]

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2019
Varicella zoster virus in the adult patient most commonly presents as shingles. Shingles is a painful vesicular eruption localized to a specific dermatome of the body.
Jared Lizzi, Tyler Hill, Julian Jakubowski   +2 more
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Lower risk of dementia with AS01-adjuvanted vaccination against shingles and respiratory syncytial virus infections [PDF]

npj Vaccines
AS01-adjuvanted shingles (herpes zoster) vaccination is associated with a lower risk of dementia, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. In propensity-score matched cohort studies with 436,788 individuals, both the AS01-adjuvanted shingles and ...
Maxime Taquet, John A. Todd, Paul J. Harrison   +2 more
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Shingles Case Study

South African Family Practice, 1993
No abstract available.
M.P. Holliday
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Risk of Shingles in Adults with Primary Sjogren's Syndrome and Treatments: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is associated with immunological dysfunctions--a well-known risk factor of shingles. This study aimed to examine the incidence and risk of shingles in adults with pSS and pharmacological treatments.This retrospective ...
Jen-Yin Chen, Li-Kai Wang, Ping-Hsun Feng, Chin-Chen Chu, Tain-Junn Cheng, Shih-Feng Weng, Su-Zhen Wu, Tsung-Hsueh Lu, Chia-Yu Chang   +8 more
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Shingles Vaccine Uptake Among Older Adults: Identifying Early, Later, and Nonadopters

AJPM Focus, 2023
Introduction: There is growing interest in accelerating adoptions of vaccines. This study examined factors that differentiate the acceptance and timing of uptake of the first shingles vaccine, Zostavax, among older adults in the U.S.
Alice H. Kang, PhD, Jung Ki Kim, PhD, Jennifer Ailshire, PhD, Eileen M. Crimmins, PhD   +3 more
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Risk factors for herpes zoster: should people with asthma or COPD be vaccinated?

Respiratory Research, 2023
Plain Language Summary What is the context? After experiencing chickenpox, the varicella-zoster virus remains in the body and can be reactivated years later in a form called herpes zoster, more commonly known as shingles. Although shingles is more common
Ekaterina Safonova, Barbara P. Yawn, Tobias Welte, Chengbin Wang   +3 more
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Identifying optimal vaccination scenarios to reduce varicella zoster virus transmission and reactivation

BMC Medicine, 2022
Background Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is one of the eight known human herpesviruses. Initial VZV infection results in chickenpox, while viral reactivation following a period of latency manifests as shingles.
Kevin M Bakker, Marisa C Eisenberg, Robert J Woods, Micaela E Martinez   +3 more
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Shingles Case Study

South African Family Practice, 1994
No abstract available.
T.G. di Bartolo
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Consumer Perceptions of a Shingles Infograph Intervention and Vaccination Plans in Community Pharmacy Settings

INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, 2022
Background: Cost and lack of knowledge are key barriers to improving shingles vaccination rates in community pharmacies. A health literacy (HL) tailored infograph intervention addressing these barriers can enhance consumer interest in shingles ...
Radhika Devraj, Miranda Wilhelm, Maithili Deshpande   +2 more
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Interleukin and prostaglandin status of patients with shingles depending on the severity of the disease

Patologìâ, 2020
Aim. The aim of the work is to study the interleukin and prostaglandin status of patients with shingles depending on the severity of the disease. Materials and methods. We examined the blood of 27 patients with shingles, aged from 52 to 69 years, with
O. M. Novytskyi, I. S. Haidash
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