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Sullivan, Keith M.

0000-0002-1379-9216

A5037247107 | I4210126298

Mayo Clinic

Duke Medical Center

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A phase 1/2 study of an adjuvanted varicella-zoster virus subunit vaccine in autologous hematopoietic cell transplant recipients

Blood | September 19, 2014 | Volume: 124 | Issue: 19 | Pages: 2921-2929

10.1182/blood-2014-04-573048 | PMID 25237196

Key PointsHCT recipients have increased susceptibility to herpes zoster, but live-attenuated vaccines are not appropriate for highly immunocompromised people. An adjuvanted subunit vaccine against herpes zoster elicits strong immune responses with an acceptable safety profile in adult autologous HCT recipients.