Wednesday 6 August 2014

Herpes Zoster Vaccine Effective Against Shingles After Chemotherapy

Protecting older adults against shingles could be possible with herpes zoster vaccine, even after they undergo chemotherapy, reveals Kaiser Permanente study published Tuesday in the journal emClinical Infectious Diseases/em. Researchers examined the electronic health records of more than 21,000 Kaiser Permanente patients in Southern California who were 60 years of age and older and received chemotherapy between January 2007 and December 2012. Researchers ...

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