Evaluation of clinical characteristics, risk factors and prognosis of herpes zoster (shingles) infection in Türkiye: VARICOMP-adult-2 study
Our multicenter cross-sectional study revealed the high burden of HZ in Türkiye and highlighted the potential for increasing prevalence due to risk factors including aging and comorbidities.
Authors
- Gamze Erfan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0000-5568)
- Özge Özgen Top (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1468-4960)
- Alpay Azap (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5035-055X)
- Ali Acar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2008-5112)
- Ayşe Seza İnal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1182-7164)
- Özlem Güler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1444-7730)
- Zehra Karacaer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2658-4679)
- Nilsel İlter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7614-3102)
- Nefise Oztoprak-Cuvalci
- Behice Kurtaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2081-4664)
- Seçil Deniz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5440-5383)
- Ener Çağrı Dinleyici (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-0134)
- İrem Akdemir Kalkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5136-9148)
- Sema Alp Çavuş (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2807-8769)
- Birsen Mutlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8708-984X)
- Neşe Saltoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4239-9585)
- Ahmet Çağkan İnkaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7943-8715)
- Zekayі Kutlubay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0809-1624)
- Esin Şenol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1535-2757)
- Selda Sayın Kutlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6443-3628)
- Dilek Bayramgürler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6617-0019)
- Rehile Zengin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7457-0952)
- Hande Berk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2820-1731)
- Dilek Daşgın (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2597-2311)
- Ece Firuze Ozkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5251-2302)
- Ayşe Sesin Kocagöz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9599-7629)
- Hasan Selcuk Ozger
- Damla Boztaş
Institutions
- Ankara University (TR)
- Dokuz Eylül University (TR)
- Acıbadem University (TR)
- Antalya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa (TR)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
- Türk Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon Derneği (TR)
- Atilim University (TR)
- Pamukkale University (TR)
- Eskişehir Osmangazi University (TR)
- Kocaeli Üniversitesi (TR)
- Cukurova University (TR)
- Hacettepe University (TR)
- University of Health Sciences Antigua (AG)
- Gazi University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-10-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2025.108105
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00