Live shingles vaccine still protecting 10 years on - despite waning effectiveness

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Source: CDC/ Dorothy Reese

The effectiveness of live zoster (shingles) vaccine is highest in the first year after vaccination and then wanes substantially, but it continues to provide some protection against shingles ten years after vaccination.

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