Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2406039 | Vaccine | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The extent to which immunizing school children reduce the burden of influenza in adults is controversial. We enrolled a systematic sample of adults ≥50 years hospitalized with respiratory symptoms in two counties, one with and one without a school-based immunization program. We tested all subjects for influenza by polymerase chain reaction. Hospitalizations per 1000 adults aged ≥50 years were 1.28 (95% CI 0.59, 2.04) in the intervention county and 1.53 (95% CI 0.71, 2.34) in the control county. These rates did not differ significantly except in the subgroup aged 50–64 years where rates in the intervention county were significantly lower.
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Authors
H. Keipp Talbot, Katherine A. Poehling, John V. Williams, Yuwei Zhu, Qingxia Chen, Paul McNabb, Kathryn M. Edwards, Marie R. Griffin,