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Data on life sciences described by researchers at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Published in Cancer Vaccine Week, April 19th, 2010

New research, 'Immunogenicity of trivalent influenza vaccine in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during maintenance therapy,' is the subject of a report. "The aim of this study was to assess the immune response of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) to influenza vaccine and to compare it with healthy controls. PROCEDURE: Thirty-two children aged 1-18 years with ALL on maintenance therapy and 30 healthy sibling controls were enrolled in the study," scientists in Iran report.

"All children were vaccinated with trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine. Hemagglutinin-inhibition (HI) antibody titers were determined in sera of both patient and control...

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