Influenza Vaccination of Schoolchildren and Influenza Outbreaks in a School | Zendy

Shioko Kawai | Zendy; Seiichiro Nanri | Zendy; Eiko Ban | Zendy; Mikako Inokuchi | Zendy; Tetsuya Tanaka | Zendy; Mitsuaki Tokumura | Zendy; Keiko Kimura | Zendy; Norio Sugaya | Zendy

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Influenza Vaccination of Schoolchildren and Influenza Outbreaks in a School

Author(s) -

Shioko Kawai,

Seiichiro Nanri,

Eiko Ban,

Mikako Inokuchi,

Tetsuya Tanaka,

Mitsuaki Tokumura,

Keiko Kimura,

Norio Sugaya

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir336

Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , outbreak , environmental health , pediatrics , virology

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.

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