Intradermal influenza vaccination - Can less be more?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2330-2332

  La Montagne, John R ^a   Fauci, Anthony S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ASTHMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LUNG DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; DENDRITIC CELLS; DERMIS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 9244263560     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe048314     Document Type: Editorial

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