Immune response to influenza vaccine is maintained in patients with multiple sclerosis receiving interferon beta-1a

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1964-1966

  Schwid, Steven R ^a   Decker, Michael D ^b,c   Lopez Bresnahan, Maria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMD SERONO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA1A INTERFERON; INFLUENZA VACCINE; ANTIBODY; BETA INTERFERON; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; ANTIBODIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERFERON-BETA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645738006     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000188901.12700.e0     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR 2004;53:1-40.
2. Miller AE, Morgante LA, Buchwald LY, et al. A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of influenza immunization in multiple sclerosis. Neurology 1997;48:312-314.
3. Confavreux C, Suissa S, Saddier P, Bourdès V, Vukusic S. Vaccinations and the risk of relapse in multiple sclerosis. Vaccines in Multiple Sclerosis Study Group. N Engl J Med 2001;344:319-326.
4. Rutschmann OT, McCrory DC, Matchar DB. Immunization and MS: a summary of published evidence and recommendations. Immunization Panel of the Multiple Sclerosis Council for Clinical Practice Guidelines. Neurology 2002;59:1837-1843.
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. General recommendations on immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the American Academy of Family Physicians. MMWR 2002;51:22.
6. Dhib-Jalbut S. Multiple sclerosis. In: Immunology, pathology, and pathophysiology: interferons in multiple sclerosis. New York: Demos, 2003:175-182.
7. Belshe RB, Newmans FK, Cannon J, et al. Serum antibody responses after intradermal vaccination against influenza. N Engl J Med 2004;351:2286-2294.
8. Kenney RT, French SA, Muenz LR, et al. Dose sparing with intradermal injection of influenza vaccine. N Engl J Med 2004;351:2295-2301.