Influenza immunisation

Cost–benefit evaluation of routine influenza immunisation

Mandatory influenza immunisation of health-care workers.

This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The Lancet Infect Dis following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version [Gilbert, G. L., I. Kerridge, P. Cheung, Mandatory influenza immunisation of health-care workers. The Lancet Infect Dis 2010; 10:3-5. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70334-2] is available online at http://www.sciencedirect....

Influenza immunisation of doctors at an Australian tertiary hospital: immunisation rate and factors contributing to uptake.

Immunisation of health care workers against influenza reduces influenza-related morbidity and mortality of hospital inpatients and staff absenteeism. Uptake of influenza vaccination amongst hospital doctors is generally inadequate, and factors contributing to influenza vaccine uptake among doctors have not been well defined. We performed an audit of doctors at an Australian hospital to establis...

Response to influenza immunisation during treatment for cancer.

AIMS To assess the annual risk of influenza infection in children with cancer and the immunogenicity of a trivalent split virus influenza vaccine in these children. METHODS Eighty four children with cancer were tested for susceptibility to the circulating strains of influenza virus in autumn 1995 and 1996. Non-immunised children were reassessed the following spring for serological evidence of...

Response to influenza immunisation in asymptomatic HIV infected men.

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine if patients with HIV infection can develop a significant antibody response to influenza immunisation, and whether such immunisation is detrimental to the progression of their HIV illness. DESIGN Prospective, non-randomised study. METHODS The titres of antibody response to influenza immunisation were determined in 44 asymptomatic HIV positive men and c...