Assessment of the herpes zoster risk among renal transplant recipients administered the influenza vaccine

• Published in: Vaccine Vol. 42; no. 24; p. 126075
• Main Authors: Cheng, Tzu-Ming, Chen, Yin-She, Wei, Kai‐Che, Chang, Yu‐Chia, Huang, Yu‐Tung, Chen, Chien-Liang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 24.10.2024; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age; Allergy and Immunology; Autoimmune diseases; Cancer; Cancer vaccines; Chicken pox; Comorbidity; Confounding (Statistics); Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease; health insurance; Herpes viruses; Herpes zoster; Human alphaherpesvirus 3; Immunocompetence; immunosuppression; Immunosuppressive agents; Infections; Influenza; influenza vaccination; Influenza vaccine; influenza vaccines; Intervals; kidney transplant; Kidney transplantation; Kidney transplants; Morbidity; Mortality; patients; Population studies; Renal transplant; Review boards; risk; Statistical analysis; Subgroups; Taiwan; Vaccines; Varicella; Varicella-zoster virus; Northern Hemisphere; Taiwan; Herpes zoster; Renal transplant; Varicella-zoster virus; Influenza vaccine; Chicken pox

Reactivation of the latent varicella-zoster virus can cause herpes zoster (HZ) infection, and renal transplant recipients undergoing immunosuppressive therapy are particularly susceptible to this condition. This study aims to evaluate the potential increase in HZ incidence following influenza vaccin...