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November 9, 2013Infection202 citationsOpen Access

Incidence of herpes zoster in patients with altered immune function

SCS.-Y. ChenJSJose A. SuayaQLQ. Li

Key Points

  • To assess the incidence of herpes zoster in individuals with altered immune function and its implications on healthcare burden.
  • Review of incident cases of herpes zoster in patients with immune-altering conditions.
  • Analysis of healthcare burden associated with these cases.
  • Consideration of risk factors in prevention strategies.
  • Individuals with altered immune function have a higher incidence of herpes zoster.
  • These patients contribute significantly to the overall healthcare costs due to increased risks of persistent post-zoster pain.
  • Risk factors for herpes zoster in this population necessitate enhanced prevention efforts.

Abstract

Despite providing a relatively small fraction of overall HZ cases, persons with immune function-altering conditions make a large contribution to the societal healthcare burden because they have a higher risk of developing HZ and persistent post-zoster pain. These risk factors should be considered in HZ prevention efforts.

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Chen et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8e9352c87b79b92d1821fhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-013-0550-8
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