Relationship between shingles and coronavirus disease 2019: a self-controlled case series study
This study of a Japanese inpatient and outpatient database reveals a relationship between shingles and COVID-19, indicating that shingles may be a characteristic of the virus and highlighting the need for varicella-zoster vaccination alongside SARS-CoV-2 in the COVID-19 era.
Authors
- Makiko Yoshida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8873-0686)
- Hideya Itagaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6860-9734)
- Jun Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8913-1864)
- Tomoki Mizuno
- Tomohiro Akaba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0045-1720)
- Shota Takahashi
- Haruka Imai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0470-5804)
- Shiro Endo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0103-415X)
Institutions
- Tokyo Women's Medical University (JP)
- Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital (JP)
- Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf162
- Primary Topic
- melanin and skin pigmentation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00