Open AccessIndirect community protection against influenza by vaccinating children: a review of two recent studies from Italy and the United States
Author(s) -
Babatunde Olowokure,
Rachel Jordan
Publication year - 2004
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.08.51.02605-en
Subject(s) - vaccination , environmental health , medicine , immunology
A secondary effect of influenza in childhood is the impact - medical, social and economic - on the family. Two recently published studies have considered how the vaccination of children against influenza may help control the spread of influenza through indirect protection of susceptible persons.