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ArticleJournal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives2021

Shingles: a harbinger of chronic HIV infection.

S Zachariah, A Sullivan, A Donato

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Article in Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S ZachariahDepartment of Internal Medicine, Reading Hospital - Tower Health System, West Reading, PA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0081-0129
A SullivanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Reading Hospital - Tower Health System, West Reading, PA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0876-8132
A DonatoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Reading Hospital - Tower Health System, West Reading, PA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8294-6769
Reading Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early diagnosis and treatment are essential to reduce the risk of community transmission and morbidity and mortality of individuals infected with HIV. A 49-year-old woman presented with a painful, vesicular rash on the left side of her neck after being treated with valacyclovir for a separate perianal rash. She admitted recent weight loss and diffuse lymphadenopathy. She reported one family member with HIV but denied intravenous drug use or recently new sexual partners. Serum HIV-1 antibody screen was positive. Herpes zoster reactivation is associated with waning immunity in chronic HIV and should prompt testing. Delays in treatment impacts short-term and long-term prognosis for patients infected with HIV.

Indexed as

herpes zosterHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)reactivationshingles

Identifiers

PMID34804410
PMCPMC8604460
OpenAlexW3213318375

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