Open AccessEffect of herpes zoster vaccine and antiviral treatment on risk of ischemic stroke
Author(s) -
Quanhe Yang,
Mary G. George,
Anping Chang,
Xin Tong,
Robert Merritt,
Yuling Hong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.91
H-Index - 364
eISSN - 1526-632X
pISSN - 0028-3878
DOI - 10.1212/wnl.0000000000010028
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , antiviral treatment , immunology , virus , physics , optics , chronic hepatitis
To determine whether increased risk of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) following herpes zoster (HZ) might be modified by the status of zoster vaccine live (ZVL) vaccination and antiviral treatment following HZ.