Influenza

Intranasal Flu Vaccine Works in Children

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, May 10th, 1999

In addition to protecting those children who had antibodies present in the nose or blood, children who received the influenza vaccine were protected against a live H1N1 vaccine virus challenge compared to those who received placebo, researchers told the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies.

The study was conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, and nine other U.S. medical centers.

These results are a major breakthrough in the battle to immunize children against influenza without the fear and pain of a shot, said Dr. William C. Gruber, associate professor of Pediatrics and Pathology.

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