Older adults with COVID-19 have significantly increased risk for herpes zoster

People aged 50 years or older with COVID-19 had a 15% increased risk for developing herpes zoster, according to the results of a large retrospective cohort study.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed how vulnerable older adults are to infectious diseases. During the pandemic, we saw several case reports published describing development of herpes zoster (HZ) following COVID-19,” Amit B. Bhavsar, MBBS, MHA, senior clinical research development lead at GlaxoSmithKline, told Healio.
“Most of the patients in these reports developed HZ within 1 to 2 weeks of COVID-19,” Bhavsar

People aged 50 years or older with COVID-19 had a 15% increased risk for developing herpes zoster, according to the results of a large retrospective cohort study.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed how vulnerable older adults are to infectious diseases. During the pandemic, we saw several case reports published describing development of herpes zoster (HZ) following COVID-19,” Amit B. Bhavsar, MBBS, MHA, senior clinical research development lead at GlaxoSmithKline, told Healio.
“Most of the patients in these reports developed HZ within 1 to 2 weeks of COVID-19,” Bhavsar