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Flu Vaccines
Studies by B. Christenson and co-authors describe new findings in flu vaccines
August 20th, 2008
"The present prospective study was conducted from 2003-2005, among all individuals 65 years and older in Uppsala County, a region with 300 000 inhabitants situated close to the Stockholm urban area. The objective of this study was to assess the preventive effect of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in reducing hospitalisation and length of hospital stay ( LOHS) even during periods of low influenza activity," scientists in Uppsala, Sweden report. "The specificity of the apparent vaccine associations were evaluated in relation to the influenza seasons. In 2003, the total study population was 41,059, of which 12,907 ( 31%) received influenza vaccine of these, 4,447 (...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-08-20)
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