Reply

Volume: 17, Issue: 13, Pages: 2824 - 2824
Published: Dec 1, 2019
Abstract
We appreciate the thoughtful comments from Dr Lai and agree that “vaccination for herpes zoster is the best way to prevent this disease and its consequences (such as postherpetic neuralgia).” Dr Lai calculated the number needed to treat (NNT) on the basis of the reciprocal of the difference in herpes zoster incidence rates between the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups. However, the NNT estimate generated from this approach may be difficult to...
Paper Details
Title
Reply
Published Date
Dec 1, 2019
Volume
17
Issue
13
Pages
2824 - 2824
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