Herpes zoster incidence in Germany - an indirect validation study for self-reported disease data from pretest studies of the population-based German National Cohort

Herpes zoster incidence in Germany - an indirect validation study for self-reported disease data from pretest studies of the population-based German National Cohort

Abstract Background Until now, herpes zoster (HZ)-related disease burden in Germany has been estimated based on health insurance data and clinical findings. However, the validity of self-reported HZ is unclear. This study investigated the validity of self-reported herpes zoster (HZ) and its complica...

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Main Authors: Mahrrouz Caputo, Johannes Horn, André Karch, Manas K. Akmatov, Heiko Becher, Bettina Braun, Hermann Brenner, Stefanie Castell, Beate Fischer, Guido Giani, Kathrin Günther, Barbara Hoffmann, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Thomas Keil, Birgit Klüppelholz, Lilian Krist, Michael F. Leitzmann, Wolfgang Lieb, Jakob Linseisen, Christa Meisinger, Susanne Moebus, Nadia Obi, Tobias Pischon, Sabine Schipf, Börge Schmidt, Claudia Sievers, Astrid Steinbrecher, Henry Völzke, Rafael Mikolajczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
German National Cohort
Incidence
Self-reports
Validity
Herpes zoster
Postherpetic neuralgia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-3691-2

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