Influenza Vaccines

Studies from Karolinska University, Karolinska Institute describe new findings in influenza vaccines

Published in Vaccine Weekly, September 15th, 2010

New research, 'Influenza in travellers,' is the subject of a report. "The importance of travelling as an important factor for spread of influenza has become even more evident during the recent pandemic year. All the same, the mechanism for seasonal spreading of influenza is not yet fully understood," scientists writing in the journal Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases report.

"The incidence of influenza in returning febrile travellers from subtropical and tropical regions is between 5 and 15% with no significant differences between those vaccinated and not vaccinated in the reviewed studies. The power of the studies to detect differences are, however, low. In...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2010-09-15)

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