School-located influenza vaccination decreases laboratory-confirmed influenza and improves school attendance

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 325-332

  Pannaraj, Pia S ^a,b   Wang, Hai Lin ^a   Rivas, Hector ^c   Wiryawan, Hilda ^a   Smit, Michael ^a   Green, Nicole ^c   Aldrovandi, Grace M ^a,b   El Amin, Alvin Nelson ^d   Mascola, Laurene ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

^d Immunization Program   (United States)

^e Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Herd immunity; Influenza; Influenza vaccine; School located influenza vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; VACCINATION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 84904977409     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu340     Document Type: Article

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