BACKGROUND In the US, influenza vaccination is recommended annually to everyone ≥6months. Prior receipt of influenza vaccine can dampen antibody responses to subsequent vaccination. This may have implications for pregnant women and their newborns, groups at high risk for complications from influenza infection. OBJECTIVE This study examined effects of prior vaccination on maternal and cord blo...

BACKGROUND Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for healthcare workers (HCWs) in order to reduce the morbidity associated with influenza in healthcare settings. The aim of this study was to evaluate the current vaccination status of the HCWs in one of Italy's largest multidisciplinary University Hospitals. METHODS Between February 1 and March 31, 2006, we carried out a cross-sectional ...

This article examines flu vaccination beliefs and practices produced during a survey of undergraduate students in Spring 2012 (IRB#10-732). This research uses the methods of rhetorical analysis - or the study of persuasive features and arguments used in language - to examine statements respondents made regarding flu and flu vaccine. In these responses, students generated unique categories of ar...

pregnant women are at InCreaSed rISk for morbIdIty and mortality from influenza infection, likely due to the physiologic changes associated with pregnancy. Preventing influenza during pregnancy is an essential component of prenatal care, and vaccination is the most effective strategy. Vaccinating pregnant women for influenza can protect both the women and their infants, especially infants aged ...

OBJECTIVES The Whiteriver Service Unit (WRSU) used proven effective methods to conduct an influenza vaccination campaign during the 2002-2003 influenza season to bridge the vaccination gap between American Indians and Alaska Natives and the US population as a whole. METHODS In our vaccination program, we used a multidisciplinary approach that included staff and community education, standing o...

materials and methods a total of 300 day-old broiler chicks (ross 308) divided into three equal groups (1 to 3) .the chicks in group 1 were immunized with killed aiv h9n2. the chicks in group 2 were infected with ai virus subtype h9n2. the chicks in group 3 were kept as controls and did not receive any vaccined or lived virus. chicks sera were collected at day 42 usingrns1-elisa and commercial ...

BACKGROUND No examination of simultaneous vaccination against pandemic H1N1 and the seasonal influenza virus strains, in children with cancer receiving chemotherapy, are yet published. We investigated the immunogenicity of a whole-virion, inactivated, adjuvanted pandemic H1N1, and seasonal influenza vaccines administered simultaneously to children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. PROCEDUR...

BACKGROUND Although annual influenza vaccination of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients has been recommended in the United States since the early 1990s, vaccine coverage in this population is reported to be low. The objectives of the present study were to assess trends in influenza vaccination coverage in HIV-infected patients and to determine predictors of influenza vaccinatio...

BACKGROUND Abundant, indirect epidemiological evidence indicates that influenza contributes to all-cause mortality and cardiovascular hospitalisations with studies showing increases in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and death during the influenza season. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether influenza is a significant and unrecognised underlying precipitant of AMI. DESIGN Case-control study. ...

BACKGROUND Influenza vaccine is underused in groups targeted for vaccination. OBJECTIVE To define the effects of influenza and the benefits of influenza vaccination in elderly persons with chronic lung disease. DESIGN Retrospective, multiseason cohort study. SETTING Large managed care organization. PATIENTS All elderly members of a managed care organization who had a previous diagnosis ...