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- Title
Herpes zoster vaccine safety in the Aotearoa New Zealand population: a self-controlled case series study.
- Authors
Mbinta, James F.; Wang, Alex X.; Nguyen, Binh P.; Paynter, Janine; Awuni, Prosper Mandela A.; Pine, Russell; Sporle, Andrew A.; Bowe, Steve; Simpson, Colin R.
- Abstract
In Aotearoa New Zealand, zoster vaccine live is used for the prevention of zoster and associated complications in adults. This study assessed the risk of pre-specified serious adverse events following zoster vaccine live immunisation among adults in routine clinical practice. We conducted a self-controlled case series study using routinely collected national data. We compared the incidence of serious adverse events during the at-risk period with the control period. Rate ratios were estimated using Conditional Poisson regression models. Falsification outcomes analyses were used to evaluate biases in our study population. From April 2018 to July 2021, 278,375 received the vaccine. The rate ratio of serious adverse events following immunisation was 0·43 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0·37–0·50). There was no significant increase in the risk of cerebrovascular accidents, acute myocardial infarction, acute pericarditis, acute myocarditis, and Ramsay–Hunt Syndrome. The herpes zoster vaccine is safe in adults in Aotearoa New Zealand. The herpes zoster vaccine live was approved in New Zealand in 2018 for use in older adults. This self-controlled case-series study uses whole-country electronic health record data to assess the risk of serious adverse events associated with the vaccine, with results supporting its safety.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; HERPES zoster vaccines; VACCINE safety; VACCINATION complications; MYOCARDIAL infarction; ELECTRONIC health records; POISSON regression
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-023-39595-y