Partner Bereavement and Risk of Herpes Zoster: Results from Two Population-Based Case-Control Studies in Denmark and the United Kingdom | Zendy

Sigrún Alba Jóhannesdóttir Schmidt | Zendy; Mogens Vestergaard | Zendy; Henrik Schou Pedersen | Zendy; Henrik Carl Schønheyder | Zendy; Sara L. Thomas | Zendy; Liam Smeeth | Zendy; Kathryn E. Mansfield | Zendy; Henrik Toft Sørensen | Zendy; Harriet Forbes | Zendy; Sinéad Langan | Zendy

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Partner Bereavement and Risk of Herpes Zoster: Results from Two Population-Based Case-Control Studies in Denmark and the United Kingdom

Author(s) -

Sigrún Alba Jóhannesdóttir Schmidt,

Mogens Vestergaard,

Henrik Schou Pedersen,

Henrik Carl Schønheyder,

Sara L. Thomas,

Liam Smeeth,

Kathryn E. Mansfield,

Henrik Toft Sørensen,

Harriet Forbes,

Sinéad Langan

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/ciw840

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , epidemiology , demography , logistic regression , danish , population , case control study , pediatrics , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy , sociology

Psychological stress is commonly thought to increase the risk of herpes zoster by causing immunosuppression. However, epidemiological studies on the topic are sparse and inconsistent. We conducted 2 parallel case-control studies of the association between partner bereavement and risk of zoster using electronic healthcare data covering the entire Danish population and general practices in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

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