Emergency department with painful vesicular rash on trunk

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A 29-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a painful vesicular rash on his trunk. He is diagnosed with herpes zoster. An HIV-1/2 antigen-antibody immunoassay test is ordered and is positive. What is the approximate relative incidence of herpes zoster in adults with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral therapy compared with the general population of age-matched immunocompetent adults? The incidence is at least 15-fold higher in persons with HIV The incidence is 5-fold higher in persons with HIV The incidence is 10-fold lower in persons with HIV The incidence is 5-fold lower in persons with HIV.

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