Open AccessIncreasing Incidence of Herpes Zoster Over a 60-year Period From a Population-based Study
Author(s) -
Kosuke Kawai,
Barbara P. Yawn,
Peter C. Wollan,
Rafael Harpaz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw296
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , period (music) , population , population based study , pediatrics , virology , environmental health , physics , optics , acoustics
Temporal increases in the incidence of herpes zoster (HZ) have been reported but studies have examined short study periods, and the cause of the increase remains unknown. We examined the long-term trend of HZ.
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