Zoster vaccination is associated with a reduction of zoster in elderly patients with chronic kidney disease

Conclusions Zoster vaccine is effective against incident zoster in older individuals with CKD. Extra efforts are warranted to increase vaccine uptake in individuals with CKD given the known low uptake in these higher risk individuals.

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Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - December 7, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Langan, S. M., Thomas, S. L., Smeeth, L., Margolis, D. J., Nitsch, D. Tags: Chronic Kidney Disease Source Type: research