Efficacy and safety of influenza vaccination in children with asthma

Expert Review of Vaccines

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 461-468

  Patria, Maria Francesca ^a   Tenconi, Rossana ^a   Esposito, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

asthma; asthmatic patients; children; influenza; influenza prevention; influenza vaccine; live attenuated influenza vaccine; pediatrics; trivalent influenza vaccine; wheezing

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MORTALITY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 84860599417     PISSN: 14760584     EISSN: 17448395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erv.12.2     Document Type: Review

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