The relationship between Zoster serology, vaccination uptake and infection rates: a single-centre cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) immunity, vaccination uptake and incidence of VZV-related events in inflammatory arthritis (IA) patients initiating biologic or targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.

Methods

An observational study was conducted in a single hospital between March 2019 and December 2020. Ninety-three IA patients were included. Data were collected from electronic health records and analysed using the chi-squared test.

Results

The majority of patients (91.4%) were seropositive for VZV, reaffirming the necessity for vaccination. In total, 8.6% of the cohort received the Zostavax vaccine, despite a small yet significant number of patients (4.3%) experiencing Herpes Zoster after initiating

SUBMITTER: Ahmed S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11513334 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature