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Flu Vaccines
Reports outline flu vaccines study findings from University Hospital
June 24th, 2009
In this recent article published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, scientists in Bern, Switzerland conducted a study "To our knowledge, no study to date has compared the effects of a subunit influenza vaccine with those of a virosomal influenza vaccine on immunocompromised patients. A prospective, double-blind, randomized study was conducted to compare the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of subunit and virosomal influenza vaccines for adult patients who had an immunosuppressive disease or who were immunocompromised as a result of treatment." "There were 304 patients enrolled in our study: 131 with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, 47...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-06-24)
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