A cluster of deaths following influenza vaccination, Israel, 2006.

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura following influenza vaccination.

Anti-influenza antibody Level after Vaccination

Abstract: Introduction: Influenza is highly transmitted disease and vaccination is the most effective way to prevent influenza. This research was designed to study the variation of serum antibody level among the subjects had already been vaccinated against influenza. Materials and Methods: This research is a descriptive-analytical study, which was carried out on 196 subjects who had influenza v...

Determination of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Acceptation Rate and Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude of Physicians and Personnel of Ali-Asghar Children’s Hospital

Background: Influenza is an acute respiratory viral infectious disease that can cause 650,000 deaths annually. Hospital personnel are highly exposed to it. Attention should be paid to the fact that these people, along with the risk to themselves, spread the infection among other patients and vulnerable groups’ like pediatric patients. The best way to prevent the disease is vaccination, which ha...

The effects of socioeconomic factors on the decision to be vaccinated: the case of flu shot vaccination.

BACKGROUND Anti-influenza vaccination has proven cost-effective for society. In Israel, however, vaccination rates remain relatively low in comparison to other countries. OBJECTIVES To analyze the socioeconomic and health status factors affecting the decision to be vaccinated against flu and to compare these factors to results from other countries in order to determine which segments of the a...

Efficacy of Infloanza Vaccine in Elderly Rsidents of Kahrizak Charity Nursing Home

Objectives: Influenza disease considered to be more sever and complicated in old age persons, because immune response diminish in this group. This disease is one of the main causes of mortality in elder people. The prevalence of influenza disease in elderly are living in nursing home is more in compare if they dwell in community. We studied the effect of influenza vaccine on the incidence and n...