Assessing the effectiveness of zoster vaccine live: A retrospective cohort study using primary care data in the United Kingdom.

CONCLUSIONS: ZVL reduced the risk of shingles among an elderly population. Given the negative impact of shingles and PHN on QoL, the benefits of vaccination are clear. Improving uptake in the UK is needed in this population. PMID: 30195489 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30195489?dopt=Abstract

Source: Vaccine - September 5, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Matthews I, Lu X, Dawson H, Bricout H, O'Hanlon H, Yu E, Nozad B Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research