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Flu Vaccines
Research from D.M. Skowronski and co-authors provides new data about flu vaccines
April 2nd, 2008
"Advisory committees have cautioned that influenza vaccine-induced antibody declines more rapidly in the elderly, falling below seroprotective levels within 4 months. Weconducted a literature review to assess this assertion," scientists writing in the Journal of Infectious Diseases report. "The articles that were included in this review reported antibody levels >= 4 months after influenza immunization in persons >= 60 years old, interpretable in the context of annual influenza vaccine-approval criteria (seroprotection/seroconversion) specified by the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) for the elderly. The final review included 14 studies; 8...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-04-02)
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