Open AccessHerpes Zoster ophthalmicus and HIV seropositivity in South-south Nigeria
Author(s) -
AO Adio,
Bassey Fiebai
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v19i2.56508
Subject(s) - herpes zoster ophthalmicus , medicine , varicella zoster virus , virus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immune system , immunology , virology , dermatology
Herpes zoster is a painful vesiculobullous dermatitis which occurs as a result of previously established varicella zoster virus infection. It is a well established fact that Herpes zoster ophthalmicus is a well known marker of human immune deficiency virus infection even in Africans. The aim of this study is to determine if indeed the herpes zoster condition is a marker for the immune deficiency condition called AIDS in our locality and whether the positivityis related to age or not.