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Herpes Zoster ophthalmicus and HIV seropositivity in South-south Nigeria

Author(s) -

Adedayo Adio,

B Fieba

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

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.

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