Lifetime risk of herpes zoster in the population of Beijing, China

• Main Authors: Christa Lee (Author), Nikolaos Giannelos (Author), Desmond Curran (Author), Hengjin Dong (Author), Haiwen Tang (Author), Ning Jiang (Author), Chiyu Ye (Author), Yanfei Yuan (Author), Cheryl Ng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: We aimed to estimate the current and future lifetime risks (LTR) of herpes zoster (HZ) and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), as well as their respective number of annual incident cases in Beijing, China, if individuals were not vaccinated against HZ. Study design: Mathematical model built in...