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Zoster vaccine and biologic agents: time to question a paradigm?

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Vaccination for the prevention of herpes zoster with the attenuated live vaccine is currently not recommended for patients with rheumatic diseases while they are receiving biologic agents, but new evidence calls the validity of this guidance into question. Is it time to rethink the use of the herpes zoster vaccine in these patients?

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, 55905, MN, USA

    Tim Bongartz

  2. Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 5777 East Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, 85054, AZ, USA

    Robert Orenstein

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Bongartz, T., Orenstein, R. Zoster vaccine and biologic agents: time to question a paradigm?. Nat Rev Rheumatol 8, 636–638 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2012.168

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