Strong Support
causal
The newer shingles vaccine causes more general side effects like headache and muscle pain than no vaccine — about 2.3 times more — but does not cause more systemic reactions than the older vaccine.
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Efficacy, effectiveness, and safety of herpes zoster vaccines in adults aged 50 and older: systematic review and network meta-analysis
Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
2018 Oct 25Contradicting (0)
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No contradicting evidence found
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