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Transient Expression in Red Beet of a Biopharmaceutical Candidate Vaccine for Type-1 Diabetes
Published on: March 19, 2019
Candidate for a live vaccine?
Justin Ralph Abbatemarco1, Alan Taege2
1Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Abstract:
Immune dysfunction is a well-known phenomenon in end-stage liver disease (ESLD). The pretransplant period offers a unique window for primary care physicians to optimize the transplant's vaccine protection before antirejection medications are initiated. Live vaccinations are selected cautiously but the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) vaccine, Zostavax, is recommended for pretransplant candidates. This case highlights an ESLD patient who developed disseminated cutaneous VZV within 30 days of vaccination.
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