Open AccessHerpes Zoster Among Persons Living With HIV in the Current Antiretroviral Therapy Era
Author(s) -
Leah J. Blank,
Michael Polydefkis,
Richard D. Moore,
Kelly A. Gebo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e318266cd3c
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , odds ratio , confidence interval , postherpetic neuralgia , population , incidence (geometry) , logistic regression , viral load , cohort , rate ratio , cohort study , pediatrics , demography , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , physics , alternative medicine , environmental health , optics , sociology
Previously, herpes zoster (HZ) was found to occur at a higher rate in the HIV population than the general population. However, there are limited data about the incidence, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of HZ in the current antiretroviral therapy (ART) era.