Vaccination Against Zoster Remains Effective in Older Adults Who Later Undergo Chemotherapy | Zendy

Hung Fu Tseng | Zendy; Sara Y. Tartof | Zendy; Rafael Harpaz | Zendy; Yi Luo | Zendy; Lina S. Sy | Zendy; Rulin C. Hetcher | Zendy; Steven J. Jacobsen | Zendy

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Vaccination Against Zoster Remains Effective in Older Adults Who Later Undergo Chemotherapy

Author(s) -

Hung Fu Tseng,

Sara Y. Tartof,

Rafael Harpaz,

Yi Luo,

Lina S. Sy,

Rulin C. Hetcher,

Steven J. Jacobsen

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu498

Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , chemotherapy , pediatrics , immunology , surgery

Approximately 40% of adults develop invasive cancer during their lifetimes, many of whom require chemotherapy. Herpes zoster (HZ) is common and often severe in patients undergoing chemotherapy, yet there are no data regarding whether these patients retain specific protection against HZ if they had previously received zoster vaccine. We conducted a study to determine whether zoster vaccine was effective in patients who subsequently underwent chemotherapy.

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