HCPs show low recognition of the importance of HZ vaccination in COPD

Herpes zoster (HZ) affects 1 in 3 Americans before the age of 80 and is associated with longer-term complications, including postherpetic neuralgia

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Studies suggest that having COPD will increase the age-adjusted probability of HZ by between 31% and 416%.

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The HZ burden in people with COPD will be reduced by vaccination, suggests the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP

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For a study published in the journal Clinical Trials, Dr. Yawn and his colleagues analyzed data from a large US claims database that underscores a large widespread

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A second recent registry, published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, is an objective, comprehensive survey-based study indicating

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"Many of the statistics on the effect of getting COPD on the danger [for] HZ are not the most recent and come from research outside of the United States

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“Our goal with the first observation was to fill that gap. At the same time that these results are a crucial manual for scientific treatment, we also wanted

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The researchers used unrecognized clinical data from a US health insurance claims administrative database, as well as related scientific services

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