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The objective of this study was to critically review the cost-effectiveness (CE) of the recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) against herpes zoster (HZ). A literature review was conducted in PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane between January 1, 2017, and February ...
Nikolaos Giannelos +2 more
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Risk of Herpes Zoster in Individuals on Biologics, DMARDS and/or Corticosteroids for Autoimmune Diseases:A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Background: Studies examining the risk of herpes zoster (HZ) associated with immunosuppressants, such as biologics, non-biological disease modifying agents (nbDMARDs) or corticosteroids, have generated conflicting results.
Alarcón-Segovia +94 more
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Abstract Objectives Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk of vaccine‐preventable diseases. However, vaccination coverage in this population is often suboptimal. This retrospective study assessed the vaccination status and vaccine serology of children diagnosed with IBD in a high‐income country with broad vaccine access ...
Clara Noble +4 more
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Herpes zoster vaccination in systemic lupus erythematosus: the current status
Among the inflammatory rheumatic diseases, SLE is associated with the highest risk of herpes zoster reactivation relative to age. The reported incidence of herpes zoster infection in SLE ranges from 6.4 to 91.4/1000 patient-years, with main risk factors ...
Chi Chiu Mok
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Increasing uptake of influenza vaccine by pregnant women post H1N1 pandemic: a longitudinal study in Melbourne, Australia, 2010 to 2014 [PDF]
Background: A Melbourne (Australia) university affiliated, tertiary obstetric hospital provides lay and professional education about influenza vaccine in pregnancy annually each March, early in the local influenza season.
McCarthy, Elizabeth Anne +4 more
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The Cinderella tree, Quillaja saponaria – A soap story
Our current understanding of plants has been shaped by the entwining of different cultures. The Chilean soapbark tree, traditionally valued as a source of natural soap, was shown by serendipitous research in France in the 1900s to produce compounds that can boost the immune response to vaccines.
Anne Osbourn
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A fresh look at varicella vaccination
The varicella vaccine is a live attenuated varicella zoster virus (VZV), first produced by Michiaki Takahashi (1974). Subsequent development of the fluorescent antibody to VZV membrane antigen test (FAMA), an immune correlate, permitted vaccine efficacy ...
Anne A. Gershon, Michael D. Gershon
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Clinical course and therapeutic approach to varicella zoster virus infection in children with rheumatic autoimmune diseases under immunosuppression. [PDF]
To analyze the clinical presentation and complications of varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection in children with rheumatic diseases treated with immunosuppressive medication such as biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) and/or ...
Aeschlimann, F. +9 more
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ABSTRACT In the last decades, critical advancements in research technology and knowledge on disease mechanisms steered therapeutic approaches for chronic inflammatory diseases towards unprecedented target specificity. For allergic and chronic lung diseases, biologic drugs pioneered this goal, acquiring on the way—through the clinical use of monoclonal ...
F. Roth‐Walter +20 more
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BackgroundHerpes Zoster (HZ) is a viral skin disease caused by reactivation of latent Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) in human ganglia, presenting with unilateral neuropathic pain and vesicular rash.
Wenli Gao +5 more
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