Incidence, risk factors and prevention of herpes zoster: review article

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NASIRI SOHEILA; Robati Reza Mahmoud; HEDAYATI MEHDI; KHAZAN MARJAN

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Journal: TEHRAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL (TUMJ) Year:2019 | Volume:77 | Issue:1 Page(s): 1-7

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Incidence, risk factors and prevention of herpes zoster: review article

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NASIRI SOHEILA | Robati Reza Mahmoud | HEDAYATI MEHDI | KHAZAN MARJAN | Issue Writer Certificate

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herpes zosterQ1

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micronutrientsQ1

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Abstract

herpes zoster (Shingles; Zona) is an acute infectious skin disease that is caused by the reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV). After the initial infection (chickenpox) or vaccination, the virus remains inactive or latent in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG); when decreasing cell mediated immunity (CMI) occurs, the virus is reactivated from a latent phase to a lytic phase and frequently replicated in the dorsal ganglion cells then move to the sensory nerves into the skin and causes herpes zoster, which is typically characterized by painful neuralgia and unilateral dermatomal vesicular rash that normally lasts 3 to 5 weeks. The most common complication of herpes zoster is chronic pain owing to postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), which is estimated to occur in approximately 20% of the people aged 50 and over...

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NASIRI, SOHEILA, Robati, Reza Mahmoud, HEDAYATI, MEHDI, & KHAZAN, MARJAN. (2019). Incidence, risk factors and prevention of herpes zoster: review article. TEHRAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL (TUMJ), 77(1 ), 1-7. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/364799/en

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NASIRI SOHEILA, Robati Reza Mahmoud, HEDAYATI MEHDI, KHAZAN MARJAN. Incidence, risk factors and prevention of herpes zoster: review article. TEHRAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL (TUMJ)[Internet]. 2019;77(1 ):1-7. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/364799/en

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SOHEILA NASIRI, Reza Mahmoud Robati, MEHDI HEDAYATI, and MARJAN KHAZAN, “Incidence, risk factors and prevention of herpes zoster: review article,” TEHRAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL (TUMJ), vol. 77, no. 1 , pp. 1–7, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/364799/en

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