Seasonal influenza vaccine and protection against pandemic (H1N1) 2009-associated illness among US military personnel.

INTRODUCTION: A novel A/H1N1 virus is the cause of the present influenza pandemic; vaccination is a key countermeasure, however, few data assessing prior seasonal vaccine effectiveness (VE) against the pandemic strain of H1N1 (pH1N1) virus are available. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Surveillance of influe...

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Main Authors: Matthew C Johns, Angelia A Eick, David L Blazes, Seung-eun Lee, Christopher L Perdue, Robert Lipnick, Kelly G Vest, Kevin L Russell, Robert F DeFraites, Jose L Sanchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2873284?pdf=render