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A Broad Safety Assessment of the Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine
Am J Epidemiol. 2022 Feb 12:kwac030. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwac030. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (RZV), approved as a 2-dose series in the U.S. in October 2017, has proven highly effective and generally safe. However, a small risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) after vaccination was identified post-approval, and questions remain about other possible adverse events. This data-mining study assessed RZV safety in the U.S. using the self-controlled tree-temporal scan statistic, scanning data on thousands of diagnoses recorded during follow-up to detect any statistically unusual temporal clu...
Source: Am J Epidemiol - February 13, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: W Katherine Yih Martin Kulldorff Inna Dashevsky Judith C Maro Source Type: research

Using the Self-Controlled Tree-Temporal Scan Statistic to Assess the Safety of Live Attenuated Herpes Zoster Vaccine.
Abstract The self-controlled tree-temporal scan statistic allows detection of potential vaccine- or drug-associated adverse events without pre-specifying the specific events or post-exposure risk intervals of concern. It thus opens a promising new avenue for safety studies. The method has been successfully used to evaluate the safety of two vaccines for adolescents and young adults, but its suitability to study vaccines for older adults had not been established. The current study applied the method to assess the safety of live attenuated herpes zoster vaccination during 2011-2017 in U.S. adults ≥ 60 years old, u...
Source: Am J Epidemiol - May 6, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Yih WK, Kulldorff M, Dashevsky I, Maro JC Tags: Am J Epidemiol Source Type: research

Cellular Immune Function in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
This study was carried out in accordance with the recommendations of The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Research Ethics Committee (Ref. 6123) and the National Research Ethics Service (NRES) London-Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee (REC ref. 11/10/1760, IRAS ID: 77765), with written informed consent from all subjects. All subjects gave written informed consent in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The protocol was approved by the LSHTM Research Ethics Committee and the NRES London-Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee. Author Contributions JC, HD, LN, EL, and ER devised the study ...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - April 15, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research