Herpes Zoster Vaccination and Dementia Occurrence
By taking advantage of a quasi-experiment and corroborating findings from Wales in a different population, this study provides evidence of the potential benefits of HZ vaccination for dementia that is more likely to be causal than that of more commonly conducted associational studies.
Authors
- Ruth Peters
- Christian Bommer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1057-6658)
- Pascal Geldsetzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8878-5505)
- Felix Michalik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5589-5700)
- Michael Pomirchy
- Fabienne Pradella
Institutions
- Neurosciences Institute (US)
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States) (US)
- Neuroscience Research Australia (AU)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.5013
- Citations
- 33
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 44.69