"Serological Response to Influenza Vaccination and Nutritional and Functional Status of Patients in Geriatric Medical Long-Term Care."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Age and Ageing, "Introduction: In the UK, the Department of Health recommends influenza vaccination for elderly people resident in institutional care. However the efficacy of vaccination may be reduced in very frail elderly people with functional impairment, undernutrition, and multiple pathologies. Nutritional and functional status is claimed to affect vaccine responses in healthy elderly subjects. We wished to determine if a relationship could be seen between nutritional and functional status and seroconversion in patients receiving long-term care. Methods: All patients in geriatric medical long-term care...

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