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Flu Vaccines
Research on flu vaccines published by scientists at National Institute of Hygiene
April 16th, 2008
Scientists discuss in 'Antibody response to influenza vaccination in patients suffering from asthma' new findings in flu. According to recent research from Warsaw, Poland, "The aim of the study was to assess humoral response to influenza vaccination in 20 children with bronchial asthma vaccinated with split inactivated vaccine. Response to influenza hemagglutinin was assessed before vaccination and after 1 month by hemagglutination inhibition test." "Antibody titers were significantly higher after vaccination than before vaccination. The mean fold increase of antibody levels ranged after vaccination from 12.2 to 53.7. The post-vaccination percentage of patients with...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-04-16)
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