Epidemiology and economic burden of herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia in Italy: A retrospective, population-based study

Emberti Gialloreti, Leonardo; Merito, Monica; Pezzotti, Patrizio; Naldi, Luigi; Gatti, Antonio; Beillat, Maud; Serradell, Laurence; di Marzo, Rafaelle; Volpi, Antonio

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-230

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Epidemiology and economic burden of herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia in Italy: A retrospective, population-based study

Published in BMC Infectious Diseases • Aug 3, 2010

Authors:

Leonardo Emberti Gialloreti

Monica Merito

Patrizio Pezzotti

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Data on the epidemiology and cost of herpes zoster (HZ) and post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) in Italy are limited. This retrospective, population-based study was designed to determine the incidence of HZ and the proportion developing PHN in Italy and the associated medical resource utilisat...

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Medicine

Epidemiology

Incidence (geometry)

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