Medical Hypotheses
Volume 61, Issue 5 , Pages 533-534, November 2003

Varicella inoculation to prevent shingles, and cytomegalovirus inoculation to prevent cytomegalovirus associated graft failures

  • E.L Altschuler

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Eric Lewin Altschuler MD, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1425 Madison Avenue, Box 1240, New York, NY 10029, USA. Phone: 1-212-659-9351; Fax: 1-917-649-4439 and Brain and Perception Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Oilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0109, USA. Phone: 1-858-534-7907; Fax: 1-858-534-7190

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

University of California, La Jolla, California, USA

Received 25 November 2002; accepted 15 April 2003.

Abstract 

I suggest varicella virus inoculation be considered to reduce the risk of herpes zoster (the shingles), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) inoculation be considered to reduce the risk of CMV associated transplant graft failure. Such inoculations are inexpensive and easy to implement, and are simple potential solutions to common and often severe medical problems with suboptimal current treatments.

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PII: S0306-9877(03)00210-X

doi:10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00210-X

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 61, Issue 5 , Pages 533-534, November 2003

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