Epidemiology and cost of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia among patients treated in primary care centres in the Valencian community of Spain.

M Cebrián-Cuenca, Ana; Díez-Domingo, Javier; San-Martín-Rodríguez, María; Puig-Barberá, Joan; Navarro-Pérez, Jorge; Zoster Research Group of the Valencian Community, Herpes

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-11-302

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Epidemiology and cost of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia among patients treated in primary care centres in the Valencian community of Spain.

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Ana M Cebrián-Cuenca

Javier Díez-Domingo

María San-Martín-Rodríguez

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Data on the epidemiology and costs related to herpes zoster (HZ) and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) in Spain are scarce; therefore, studies are needed to evaluate the epidemiological and economic impact of HZ and its most common complication, PHN. The present study aimed to estimate the cl...

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