Influenza immunization in elderly people.

Immunization of elderly people with two doses of influenza vaccine.

A total of 104 elderly patients were immunized with one or two doses of the commercial 1985-1986 inactivated influenza vaccine formulation. Two types of vaccines (split virus [SV] vaccine and whole virus [WV] vaccine) and one or two doses 1 month apart were given. No difference in local or systemic reactions was noted among the four groups. The reciprocal geometric mean hemagglutination inhibit...

O21: Elderly People in Road Traffic Accidents

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Immunization for the elderly.

The morbidity and mortality of vaccine-preventable diseases among older adults are high. Despite the benefits of elderly vaccination, vaccination rates remain low and especially among some minority groups. Specific strategies for improving the rate of vaccination have been developed for medical offices and clinics, hospitals, and other health care institutions. There are vaccines that are recom...

Immunization and the prevention of influenza and pneumococcal disease in people with diabetes.

Influenza immunization: universal or selected?

Dear Editor, Our recently published article in the Brazilian Archives of Cardiologia1 aimed to evaluate the implementation of vaccination against influenza (INF) and Pneumococcus virus (pneumonia) in a specific subgroup of patients with heart failure (HF), due to consensus recommendation of the NorthAmerican, European and Brazilian guidelines on HF. The increased susceptibility to respiratory i...