Risk of Herpes Zoster in Cancer Patients and the Promise of New Vaccines

Kosuke Kawai^{1

2}, Barbara P Yawn³

Affiliations

¹ Institutional Centers for Clinical and Translational Research, Boston Children's Hospital.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Editorial

Kosuke Kawai et al. J Infect Dis. 2019.

. 2019 Jun 5;220(1):1-2.

doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy626.

Kosuke Kawai^{1

2}, Barbara P Yawn³

¹ Institutional Centers for Clinical and Translational Research, Boston Children's Hospital.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

No abstract available

Keywords: cancer; herpes zoster; shingles; vaccination; varicella zoster virus.

Comment on

Risk of Herpes Zoster Prior to and Following Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study.
Qian J, Heywood AE, Karki S, Banks E, Macartney K, Chantrill L, Liu B. Qian J, et al. J Infect Dis. 2019 Jun 5;220(1):3-11. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy625. J Infect Dis. 2019. PMID: 30544213