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Herpes zoster in Australia: evidence of increase in incidence in adults attributable to varicella immunization?

Date

Authors

Jardine, Andrew

Conaty, Stephen

Vally, Hassan

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Abstract

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

Keywords

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)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/38605

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Epidemiology and Infection

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1017/S0950268810001949

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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