Two outbreaks of influenza A (H3N2) in a Japanese nursing home in the winter of 1996-1997, with differing vaccine efficacy

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-298

  Murayama, Naoya ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Arakawa, Masaaki ^a   Nerome, Kuniaki ^b   Mizuta, Katsumi ^c   Kameyama, Kohei ^d  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d Sun Plaza Nagaoka   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Immunization; Influenza; Vaccine efficacy

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; AGING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME;

EID: 0032778808     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.188.289     Document Type: Article

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