title: Vaccine against herpes zoster.
abstract: The herpes zoster vaccine is made using high doses of live attenuated varicella/zoster virus. The vaccine is well tolerated and has few adverse effects: the most common one is pain at the injection site. Complications can occur mainly in persons who had prior zoster keratitis or uveitis. The vaccine can prevent this disease with low mortality but high morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jacyr
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pasternak
mesh_terms: D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000517:prevention & control*; D053061:Herpes Zoster Vaccine; D006801:Humans; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D053061:Herpes Zoster Vaccine