Funding for this research was provided by:
SPMSD
Article History
Received: 4 August 2017
Accepted: 30 April 2018
First Online: 3 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Dirección General de Salud Pública / Centro Superior de Investigación en Salud Pública. In order to protect personal data, the original datasets were dissociated by the database’s managers. Moreover, consent was waived by the IRB (Ethics Committee of Dirección General de Salud Pública / Centro Superior de Investigación en Salud Pública).
: JDD and his institution received research grants from SPMSD related to HZ vaccine. He also acted as advisor for these vaccines to GSK and SPMSD. CMQ has attended to several congresses whose registration, travel and accommodation costs have been covered by SPMSD. MLL has reported that no potential conflicts of interest exist with any companies/organizations whose products or services may be discussed in this article.
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