Herpes zoster surveillance using electronic databases in the Valencian Community (Spain)
Open Access
- 5 October 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 13 (1) , 463
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-463
Abstract
Epidemiologic data of Herpes Zoster (HZ) disease in Spain are scarce. The objective of this study was to assess the epidemiology of HZ in the Valencian Community (Spain), using outpatient and hospital electronic health databases.Keywords
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