Varicella Zoster Virus Vaccines: Preventing Chicken Pox & Shingles

NCIRS seminar

Aug

Location:

Seminar Room 1 and 2, CMRI Building, 214 Hawkesbury Road, Westmead

We will hear from two international experts at the next NCIRS seminar focused on Varicella Zoster Virus.

A/Prof Kristine Macartney (Deputy Director, NCIRS) will provide an overview of the impact of varicella vaccination in Australia, and the introduction of the live-attenuated Zoster vaccine, and Prof Tony Cunningham, AO (Executive Director, WIMR) will speak on the clinical development and potential impact of the new non-live, adjuvanted, subunit (HZ/su) vaccine, Shingrix.