Influenza Vaccine

Vaccination fails to protect French workers from the flu

Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 20th, 2002

by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - The 1996-1997 influenza vaccine (A/Wuhan/359/95 strain) was ineffective at protecting workers in France, according to a report in Occupational Medicine - London.

Jean-Louis Millot and colleagues at EDF GDF Services Annecy Leman in France evaluated the efficacy of the influenza vaccine in the 1996-1997 season among a group of 5785 randomly chosen workers (out of 18,249) at the firm of Electricite de France and Gaz de France. Information was collected on immunization status, illness expenses, and number of workdays missed.

Influenza vaccinations were obtained by 474 (8.2%) of the workers; more...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2002-11-20)

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