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Health economic evaluation of vaccination strategies for the prevention of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in Germany

BACKGROUND: Herpes zoster (HZ) is a self-limiting painful skin rash affecting mostly individuals from 50 years of age. The main complication is postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a long-lasting pain after rash has resolved. A HZ-vaccine has recently been licensed in Europe for individuals older than 50 y...

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Autores principales: Ultsch, Bernhard, Weidemann, Felix, Reinhold, Thomas, Siedler, Anette, Krause, Gérard, Wichmann, Ole
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3849436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24070414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-359