Infect Chemother.
2006 Feb;38(1):45-46.
The Incidence of Herpes Zoster in Otherwise Healthy Young Soldiers of Korean Army
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Korea.
- 2Department of Dermatology, Armed Forces Yang-Ju Hospital, Korea.
- 3Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mdohmd@snu.ac.kr
Abstract
- We described a population-based study of the epidemiology of herpes zoster in military personnel of Korea. A total of 132 cases of herpes zoster were ascertained from May 2004 to April 2005. The most common site of involvement was thoracic area (55%). The annual incidence, based on 132 cases in about 80,000 person-years, was 165 per 100,000 person (95% CI, 138-196). It is noted that herpes zoster occurred frequently in otherwise healthy military personnel.
