Boosting Immunity in Recipients of Live-Attenuated Zoster Vaccine
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Boosting Immunity in Recipients of Live-Attenuated Zoster Vaccine.
Roughly a million cases of herpes zoster (HZ) occur annually in US adults, and nearly one third of these patients will experience postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) lasting for ≥1 month [1]. The burden of HZ is strongly influenced by age: the incidence of HZ increases many fold throughout adulthood, and among adults who experience HZ, the risk that PHN will develop increases several fold more after t...
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Michael N. Oxman,1,2 Ruth Harbecke,1,3 and David M. Koelle4,5,6 1Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; 2Medicine Service, Infectious Diseases Section and 3Research Service, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, California; and 4Departments of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, and Global Health, University of Washington, 5Vac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv481