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- Title
Influenza vaccination of schoolchildren and influenza outbreaks in a school.
- Authors
Kawai, Shioko; Nanri, Seiichiro; Ban, Eiko; Inokuchi, Mikako; Tanaka, Tetsuya; Tokumura, Mitsuaki; Kimura, Keiko; Sugaya, Norio
- Abstract
The objective of this retrospective descriptive study was to determine whether the universal influenza vaccination for schoolchildren was effective in controlling influenza outbreaks in a school. A universal vaccination program for schoolchildren was started in Japan in the 1960s, but the government abandoned the program in 1994 because of lack of evidence that the program was effective in preventing influenza in schoolchildren.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2011, Vol 53, Issue 2, p130
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/cir336