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Trends in Rates of Herpes Zoster–Related Hospitalizations Are They Real, Are They Costly, and Are They Linked to Varicella Vaccination?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rafael Harpaz  and
Barbara P. Yawn
Rafael Harpaz*
Affiliation:
Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Barbara P. Yawn
Affiliation:
Department of Research, Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota
*
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop A-47, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333) RHarpaz@cdc.gov)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 5 , May 2009 , pp. 495 - 496
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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