New study debunks theoretical risks of live-attenuated vaccines in children with rheumatic diseases

The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2019), jointly organized with the Paediatric Rheumatology Society (PReS), demonstrate no vaccine infections, and no disease flare, in the 234 rheumatic patients who received live-attenuated booster vaccination while taking immune suppressing therapies.
Source: EurekaAlert, https://www.eurekalert.org