Surveillance of influenza-like illness in Belgian nursing homes
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Surveillance of influenza-like illness in Belgian nursing homes
Elderly often combine several risk factors that influence the course and severity of an influenza infection. The World Health Organization strongly recommends vaccination of elderly living in care facilities. Even if vaccine effectiveness seems to decline with age (1), several studies (2-3) show that vaccination reduces the risk for pneumonia, hospitalisation and death during an influenza epide...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Public Health
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2049-3258
DOI: 10.1186/0778-7367-68-3-100