Influenza vaccine effectiveness among elderly persons living in the community during the 2003-2004 season

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 50, 2008, Pages 6477-6480

  Hara, Megumi ^a   Sakamoto, Tatsuhiko ^a   Tanaka, Keitaro ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community dwelling elderly; Effectiveness; Influenza vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 55749101381     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.06.035     Document Type: Article

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