Herpes zoster in Australia: evidence of increase in incidence in adults attributable to varicella immunization?
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2010
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Jardine, Andrew
Conaty, Stephen
Vally, Hassan
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Cambridge University Press
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Rates of herpes zoster (HZ) hospitalizations, antiviral prescriptions, and New South Wales emergency-department presentations for age groups <20, 20-39, 40-59 and ≥60 years were investigated. Trends were analysed using Poisson regression to determine if
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Keywords: chickenpox vaccine; antivirus agent; chickenpox vaccine; adult; age distribution; article; Australia; chickenpox; clinical feature; controlled study; funding; geographic distribution; herpes zoster; hospitalization; human; incidence; infection prevention; Vaccination (immunization); varicella zoster; zoster (shingles)
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Epidemiology and Infection
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