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Title: Intradermal zoster vaccines: good for the old and the young?
Authors: OGUNJIMI, Benson 
HENS, Niel 
Issue Date: 2016
Source: LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 16(8), p. 869-871
Abstract: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Chan R Beals and colleagues report the results of a clinical trial in which varicella-zoster virus specific immunogenicity and adverse events were compared between the Merck live attenuated full dose subcutaneous herpes zoster vaccine, 1/3 subcutaneous zoster vaccine, full dose intradermal zoster vaccine, 1/3 intradermal zoster vaccine, 1/10 intradermal zoster vaccine, and 1/27 intradermal zoster vaccine. Full and 1/3 intradermal zoster vaccine caused a significantly higher increase in varicella-zoster virus antibody titer (measured by gpELISA) 6 weeks after vaccination compared with full subcutaneous zoster vaccine (p<0.0001 for full intradermal zoster vaccine and p=0.007 for the 1/3 intradermal zoster vaccine). In a subgroup analysis, it was shown that after 18 months the gpELISA zoster vaccine titre was still higher after full and 1/3 intradermal zoster vaccine compared with full subcutaneous varicella-zoster vaccine.
Notes: [Ogunjimi, Benson; Hens, Niel] Univ Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. [Hens, Niel] Hasselt Univ, Ctr Stat, Martelarenlaan 42, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium.
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/22709
ISSN: 1473-3099
e-ISSN: 1474-4457
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00174-2
ISI #: 000382215700007
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
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