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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 +2 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 +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 +3 more
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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 +3 more
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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 +2 more
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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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Environment International, 2023 Objectives: Self-reported shingles was associated with history of high pesticide exposure events (HPEE) in licensed pesticide applicators aged >60 years in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS).
Christine G. Parks +6 more
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AAOHN Journal, 2010 Shingles, an acute infection of the nervous system, and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a painful complication of zoster that can prolong recovery, are likely to be seen more frequently in the U.S. workplace as the population ages and as workers return to the workplace in immunocompromised states (e.g., with AIDS, after treatment for cancer, and after ...
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Reduced dementia incidence after varicella zoster vaccination in Wales 2013–2020
Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 2022 Introduction Chronic infection with herpes viruses is a potential contributing factor to the development of dementia. The introduction of nationwide shingles (varicella zoster) vaccination in Wales might therefore be associated with reduced incident ...
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