The effectiveness of influenza vaccine against influenza A (H3N2) virus infections in nursing homes in Niigata, Japan, during the 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 seasons

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 82-86

  Saito, Reiko ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Oshitani, Hitoshi ^a   Sakai, Takatsugu ^a   Seki, Nao ^a   Tanabe, Naohito ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0036186671     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502011     Document Type: Article

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