Seasonal vaccine and H1N1: Selection bias explains seasonal vaccine's protection

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7732, 2009, Pages 1214-

  Janjua, Naveed Z ^a   Skowronski, Danuta M ^a   Hottes, Travis S ^a   De Serres, Gaston ^b   Crowcroft, Natasha S ^c   Rosella, Laura C ^c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LETTER; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

EID: 71749109022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4972     Document Type: Letter

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