Epidemiology of herpes zoster in National Guard Hospitals in Saudi Arabia: a 6-year retrospective chart review study
This study provides updated insights into HZ epidemiology in Saudi Arabia. A high proportion of patients identified in a hospital setting with HZ had comorbidities and a substantial proportion experienced complications.
Authors
- Majid Althaqafy
- Mohammed Alzunitan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6012-1811)
- Nouf Al Enizi
- Adriana Guzmán-Holst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6753-2541)
- Aiman El‐Saed
- Zainab H. Alsharef
- Asim Alsaedi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2154-2090)
- Fayssal Farahat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5186-2872)
- Syed Nazeer
- AhmedS El-Gammal
- Majid Alshamrani
- Sulafah Hakami
- Wafa Al Nassir
Institutions
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (SA)
- King Abdulaziz Medical City (SA)
- GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium) (BE)
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (SA)
- University of Jeddah (SA)
- Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Hospital (SA)
- Imam Abdulrahman Al Faisal Hospital (SA)
- King Abdulaziz Hospital (SA)
- National Guard Health Affairs (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1479640
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.06
Funders
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs