Comparative clinical profile of herpes zoster in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients: insights from a tertiary care center

Background: Herpes zoster (shingles) results from reactivating the latent varicella-zoster virus in sensory nerve ganglia. While incidence increases with age due to declining immunity, immunosuppression from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has led to a rising occurrence of shingles in y...

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Main Authors: Rupak Chatterjee, Subhajit D. Sarkar, Shatavisa Mukherjee, Ipsita Pramanik, Netai Pramanik, Subramanian Anuradha, Jaya Chakravarty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-04-01
Series:MGM Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4103/mgmj.mgmj_93_24
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