Use of northern hemisphere influenza vaccines by travelers to the southern hemisphere

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 312-

[No Author Info available]

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149159443     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Strikas RA, Kozarsky PE, Reed C, Kapella BK, Freedman DO. Should health-care providers in the United States have access to influenza vaccines formulated for the southern hemisphere? J Travel Med 2008;15:442-6.
2. Camps M, Vilella A, Marcos MA, et al. Incidence of respiratory viruses among travelers with a febrile syndrome returning from tropical and subtropical areas. J Med Virol 2008;80:711-5.
3. Chew FT, Doraisingham S, Ling AE, Kumarasinghe G, Lee BW. Seasonal trends of viral respiratory tract infections in the tropics. Epidemiol Infect 1998;121:121-8.
4. CDC. Health information for international travel 2008. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2008. Available at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentyellowbook.aspx.
5. Marti F, Steffen R, Mutsch M. Influenza vaccine: a travelers' vaccine? Expert Rev Vaccines 2008;7:679-87.
6. Brotherton JM, Delpech VC, Gilbert GL, et al. A large outbreak of influenza A and B on a cruise ship causing widespread morbidity. Epidemiol Infect 2003;130:263-71.
7. Uyeki TM, Zane SB, Bodnar UR, et al. Large summertime influenza A outbreak among tourists in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Clin Infect Dis 2003;36:1095-102.
8. CDC. Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2008. MMWR 2008;57(No. RR-7).
9. World Health Organization. Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2009 southern hemisphere influenza season. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2008;83:366-72.