Trends in rates of herpes zoster-related hospitalizations: are they real, are they costly, and are they linked to varicella vaccination?

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 May;30(5):495-6; author reply 496-7. doi: 10.1086/597233.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Chickenpox Vaccine / administration & dosage*
  • Chickenpox* / epidemiology
  • Chickenpox* / prevention & control
  • Herpes Zoster* / epidemiology
  • Herpes Zoster* / prevention & control
  • Hospitalization / economics
  • Hospitalization / trends*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Vaccination / statistics & numerical data*

Substances

  • Chickenpox Vaccine