Open AccessHerpes Zoster Vaccine in Older Adults and the Risk of Subsequent Herpes Zoster Disease
Author(s) -
Hung Fu Tseng
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2010.1983
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , vaccination , pediatrics , cohort , population , cohort study , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , immunology , environmental health , physics , optics
Approximately 1 million episodes of herpes zoster occur annually in the United States. Although prelicensure data provided evidence that herpes zoster vaccine works in a select study population under idealized circumstances, the vaccine needs to be evaluated in field conditions.
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