Cost of shingles: population based burden of disease analysis of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia
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- 作者：Kevin J. Friesen ; Dan Chateau ; Jamie Falk…
- 关键词：Herpes zoster ; Postherpetic neuralgia ; Burden ; Epidemiology ; Economics ; Administrative data
- 刊名：BMC Infectious Diseases
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：17
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1199KB
- 刊物主题：Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Medical Microbiology; Tropical Medicine; Internal Medicine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2334
- 卷排序：17
文摘
BackgroundAround 30% of the population will experience herpes zoster (HZ), 10% of whom develop postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). Together, these illnesses produce a significant economic burden to the healthcare system.