Recommendations pertaining to the use of influenza vaccines and influenza antiviral drugs: Influenza 2015.

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  • Sibongele Walaza
  • Cheryl Cohen
چکیده

Prevention of influenza is the most effective management strategy. Influenza vaccine is administered each year before the influenza season. Here we provide recommendations for the use of influenza vaccines in anticipation of the 2015 Southern Hemisphere influenza season. For a review of the 2014 influenza season, please refer to the website of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, www.nicd.ac.za.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

دوره 105 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015