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Acute Retinal Necrosis Caused by the Zoster Vaccine Virus

, 2017
We report acute retinal necrosis caused by the vaccine Oka strain following immunization of a 78-year-old woman with live zoster vaccine. Whole genome sequencing confirmed the ocular vOka strain to be derived from the vaccine and excluded the presence of
Williams, R, Brown, JR, Breuer, J, Heath, G, Hale, AD, Tutil, H, Depledge, DP   +6 more
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Prevention of Herpes Zoster and its complications: From clinical evidence to real life experience

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017
Herpes zoster (HZ) is an acute viral illness characterized by a vesicular rash with unilateral distribution, which can also result in severe complications such as post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), ophthalmic zoster, stroke or other neurological ...
Giovanni Gabutti, Paolo Bonanni, Michele Conversano, Guido Fanelli, Elisabetta Franco, Donato Greco, Giancarlo Icardi, Marzia Lazzari, Alessandro Rossi, Silvestro Scotti, Antonio Volpi   +10 more
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A self-controlled case series study on the safety of a live attenuated herpes zoster vaccine in China

Expert Review of Vaccines
Background Herpes zoster (HZ), caused by varicella-zoster virus, primarily affects the elderly. In May 2023, the first domestically produced live attenuated zoster vaccine was approved for use in adults aged 40 years or older in China.Research design and
Xiang Cao, Mingwei Wei, Xiang Huo, Yuanbao Liu, Ming Xu, Xiaoshan Wang, Xianzhang Huang, Hui Ma, Na Xu, Qiang Lu, Shihua Ma, Pengfei Jin, Jingxin Li   +12 more
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Vaccine profile of herpes zoster (HZ/su) subunit vaccine

, 2017
Introduction: Herpes zoster (HZ) causes an often severe and painful rash in older people and may be complicated by prolonged pain (postherpetic neuralgia; PHN) and by dissemination in immune-compromised patients.
Thomas Heineman, Anthony L. Cunningham
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Shingles vaccine

, 2010
Importance of the field: Herpes zoster or shingles is a condition with the potential to result in severe debilitation. It affects approximately 10 – 30% of the population.
Mendoza, Natalia, Stephen K Tyring, Beau Willison, C., L Katie Morrison, C Beau Willison, Natalia Mendoza, Morrison, L. Katie, Tyring, Stephen K.   +7 more
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of herpes zoster vaccination for adults aged 50 years in Zhejiang province, China

Frontiers in Public Health
ObjectiveLive-attenuated zoster vaccine (LZV) and adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) have been approved for use in China. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the cost-effectiveness of these two herpes zoster (HZ) vaccination strategies in a
Fuxing Chen, Linglin Ding, Yu Hu
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Prevention of varicella and zoster by live attenuated VZV vaccine

An effective and safe live attenuated vaccine against varicella zoster virus was developed in Japan in the 1970s and has been in widespread use since the mid-1990s.
Hambleton S
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Safety of vaccinating sibling donors with live-attenuated varicella zoster vaccine before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

, 2007
Reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV), clinically manifested as herpes zoster (HZ) is a common complication after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The optimum prophylaxis for this disease has not been defined.
Cheng, VCC, Leung, AYH, Lui, CKH, Kwok, JSY, Yuen, KY, Liang, R, Lie, AKW, Chow, HCH   +7 more
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Prevention of Herpes Zoster in Chronic Kidney Disease

Giornale di Clinica Nefrologia e Dialisi
The varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is responsible for both primary varicella infection and Herpes Zoster (HZ), the latter resulting from viral reactivation in immunocompromised or elderly individuals.
Barbara Maresca, Giulia Conforti, Silvana Chicca, Marco Galliani   +3 more
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Effectiveness of Live Zoster Vaccine in Preventing Herpes Zoster

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2015
Roger Baxter, Joan Bartlett, Bruce Fireman, Morgan Marks, John Hansen, Ned Lewis, Laurie Aukes, Yong Chen, Patricia Saddier   +8 more
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