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Home / RheumTV / What You Should Know About the Shingles Vaccine

What You Should Know About the Shingles Vaccine

Shingles, a painful rash that is a reactivation of the chickenpox virus, generally affects people with weaker immune systems, or patients on medications that impair the immune system (corticosteroids, mycophenolate, biologic therapies, and many others).

In this video, Dr. Chris Mecoli explains how these vaccines work and who should receive the vaccine.

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Christopher A. Mecoli MD MHS

Dr. Mecoli has joined both the Myositis Center and Scleroderma Center with a focus on studying fundamental mechanisms of autoimmune disease with the goal of heralding precision medicine to rheumatic disease.

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