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The health centers of the Community of Madrid will begin this week to administer the shingles vaccine to the people of 65 to 80 years. To put it on, this age group must make an appointment with their head nurse.
The toilets of the public centers of the region will offer the elderly the possibility of being vaccinated from the two doses necessary coinciding with their health appointments or regular check-ups.
To receive it, people between 65 and 80 years old must make an appointment with their nurse at their health center, either by phone or through the app Health Appointment of the Community of Madrid.
The herpes zoster vaccine began to be administered last January in public hospitals in the Community of Madrid to population at risk such as people with hematopoietic stem cell or solid organ transplantation, treatment with anti-Jack drugs, HIV, malignant blood diseases, and solid tumors undergoing chemotherapy. Now its administration extends to people aged 65 to 80, whether or not they are a population at risk.
Two licensed vaccines
Currently there two licensed vaccines by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) against herpes zoster. So the vaccine Compilation It is a live attenuated varicella zoster virus vaccine administered in a dose and is contraindicated in states of primary or acquired immunodeficiency.
The second is a vaccine made up of the glycoprotein E and the adjuvant AS01and administered in a schedule of two doses with a minimum separation of one month.
What is herpes zoster
Herpes zoster is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which, after resolution of the primary infection (chickenpox), remains latent in the spinal or trigeminal sensory ganglia and can be reactivated in situations of altered immune system.
The disease incidence increases with age and it manifests as a skin rash with characteristics similar to chickenpox, which can be extremely painful.
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