Jing Chen, Sumitra Shantakumar, Jennifer Si, Regina Gowindah, Raunak Parikh, Felix Chan, Macy Chan, Won Suk Choi, Erick Huang, Kuo-Chin Huang, Li-Min Huang, Hyungwoo Kim, Choon Kit Leong, Hoe-Nam Leong, Yubin Seo, Charles Williams, Andrew Ty Wong
Herpes zoster (HZ) is a prevalent disease characterized by a painful rash. A multi‑country study was conducted to elicit public and physician knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) toward HZ disease and vaccination for the assessment of local factors influencing HZ vaccine perceptions in four Asian-Pacific countries/territories One-to-one qualitative interviews were conducted in 2022, among the public (people aged ≥ 50 years, adults with parents aged ≥ 50 years, zoster vaccine live-vaccinated individuals aged ≥ 50 years in Republic of Korea, and HZ patients; n = 78) and physicians (general practitioners and specialists; n = 24)...
December 31, 2024: Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics