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ArticleJournal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology2020

Seasonality of herpes zoster and herpes zoster ophthalmicus.

Elyse J Berlinberg, Eric Kim, Michael S Deiner, Casey Patterson, Travis C Porco, Nisha R Acharya

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Article in Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Elyse J BerlinbergFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Eric KimFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Michael S DeinerDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Casey PattersonFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Travis C PorcoFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Nisha R AcharyaFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States; OptumLabs Visiting Fellow, Cambridge, MA, United States. Electronic address: nisha.acharya@ucsf.edu.

Funding

Rapid-Prototyping and Design CoreP30EY002162 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LAKKARAJU, APARNA · 1985 to 2024
$16.8M
The Impact of the Herpes Zoster Vaccine on Herpes Zoster OphthalmicusR01EY028739 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI NISHA ACHARYA · 2018 to 2026
$4.5M
Digital Detection of Infectious Eye EpidemicsR01EY024608 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LIETMAN, THOMAS M · 2016 to 2019
$1.5M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY002162NEI NIH HHS R01 EY024608NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028739
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHerpes zoster (HZ) and herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) are common and debilitating diseases. There is no consensus in the literature whether HZ and HZO exhibit seasonal patterns.

objectivesTo determine whether HZ and HZO are seasonal. STUDY

designAll patients in the OptumLabs® Data Warehouse (OLDW), a longitudinal, insurance claims database with de-identified lives between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2017 with 365 days or more of continuous enrollment were considered in the study. The database was queried for patients reporting a new ICD-9/ICD-10 code for HZ or HZO and monthly counts of each administrative code were modeled using Morelet wavelets and analyzed for annual periodicity using Fisher's g test.

resultsThere were a total of 513,911 new cases of HZ during this time period; 40,166 cases (7.8 %) were reported as HZO. Administrative coding for new cases of HZ exhibited annual periodicity (P < .001) with a peak in the summer. No periodicity was evident for HZO.

conclusionsThese results contribute to a growing body of evidence suggesting that HZ may be seasonal and help characterize the epidemiology of this common, painful disease.

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SeasonsDatabases, FactualHerpes ZosterHerpes Zoster OphthalmicusHumansLongitudinal StudiesRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsEpidemiologyHerpes zosterHerpes zoster ophthalmicusSeasonalityShinglesWavelets

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PMID32151977
PMCPMC8760721

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