Chicken pox vaccine reduces shingles risk in kids

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Chicken pox vaccine reduces shingles risk in kids

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A new study found the chicken pox vaccine also reduces the risk of shingles among children. The study used electronic health records to identify and follow 172,000 vaccinated children for two-plus years and found that herpes zoster, known as shingles in adults, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated for chicken pox. This is the largest study of its kind.

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Chicken pox vaccine reduces shingles risk in kids

sciencedaily.com — “A new study found the chicken pox vaccine also reduces the risk of shingles among children. The study used electronic health records to identify and follow 172,000 vaccinated children for two-plus years and found that herpes zoster, known as shingles in adults, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated for chicken pox. This is the largest study of its kind.View full resource at sciencedaily.com

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Chicken Pox Vaccine May Also Reduce Risk of Shingles Among Children | Kaiser Permanente News Center

xnet.kp.org — “Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated against chicken pox, according to a Kaiser Permanente study in the December issue of the 'Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal.' The study, the largest of its kind, used electronic health records to identify more than 170,000 children vaccinated with the varicella (chicken pox) vaccine from 2002 to 2008 in Kaiser Permanente's Southern California region, then followed children for an average of two and a View full resource at xnet.kp.org

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Chicken pox vaccine reduces shingles risk in kids -- study of 172,000 kids used EHRs

eurekalert.org — “A new Kaiser Permanente study found the chicken pox vaccine also reduces the risk of shingles among children. The study used electronic health records to identify and follow 172,000 vaccinated children for two-plus years and found that herpes zoster, known as shingles in adults, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated for chicken pox. This is the largest study of its kind.View full resource at eurekalert.org

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