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Papers: 11 May 2019 - 17 May 2019


Human Studies


2019 Jun 06


Vaccine


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Patient report of herpes zoster pain: Incremental benefits of zoster vaccine live.

Authors

Bruxvoort KJ, Liang AS, Harpaz R, Qian L, Sy LS, LaRussa P, Schmid SD, Luo Y, Takhar H, Tseng H F
Vaccine. 2019 Jun 06; 37(26):3478-3484.
PMID: 31088744.

Abstract

Pain following herpes zoster (HZ) can persist for months and negatively impact quality of life. To evaluate the effect of zoster vaccine live (ZVL) on progression of pain following HZ, we conducted a prospective cohort study of HZ cases at Kaiser Permanente Southern California.