Immunization
New findings from Health Protection Agency Center for Infections in the area of immunization described
Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 12th, 2008
Research findings, 'Estimating the impact of childhood influenza vaccination programmes in England and Wales,' are discussed in a new report. "There is increasing interest in routine vaccination of children against influenza. We use an age-structured model to demonstrate that the long-term incidence of influenza A could decrease by 11-21% in the overall population by vaccinating individuals aged 6 to <24 months, and by 22-38% and 65-97% through targeting those aged 6 to <60 months and 6 months to 16 years, respectively," investigators in London, the United Kingdom report.
"The corresponding reductions predicted for influenza B were 25-35%, 44-69% and 85-96%,...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-11-12)
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