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Influenza outbreak in a well-vaccinated nursing home population in Belgium36822

Last updated on 23-8-2019 by Anonymous (non vérifié)

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Peer reviewed scientific article

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Auteurs

Burette,P.; Bouuaert,C.; Melin,P.; Yane,F.; Bernard Brochier; Giet,D.

Mots-clés

  1. 0
  2. a
  3. Absolute
  4. administration & dosage
  5. Aged
  6. Aged,80 and over
  7. an
  8. article
  9. Belgique
  10. community
  11. Comparative Study
  12. de
  13. Disease Outbreaks
  14. ELDERLY
  15. elderly people
  16. épidémiologie
  17. factors
  18. Female
  19. Humans
  20. im
  21. INFECTION
  22. infections
  23. INFLUENZA
  24. Influenza Vaccines
  25. Influenza,Human
  26. IS
  27. journal
  28. Male
  29. measure
  30. methods
  31. middle aged
  32. nursing
  33. nursing homes
  34. occurrence
  35. outbreak
  36. Personnes
  37. POPULATION
  38. present
  39. prevention & control
  40. Imprimer
  41. protection
  42. report
  43. Retrospective Studies
  44. Rural Population
  45. SB - IM
  46. statistics & numerical data
  47. strain
  48. study
  49. Type
  50. Vaccination
  51. vaccine
  52. vaccines
  53. VIRUS

Résumé:

Elderly people in nursing home communities are vulnerable to contagious infections, including the influenza virus. Systematic anti-influenza vaccination is an important preventive measure; however, vaccination does not provide absolute protection. We report an outbreak of influenza A infection in a well-vaccinated nursing home population. Several factors can facilitate the occurrence of this type of outbreak. This report mainly addresses the discrepancy between the circulating viral strain and strains present in the recommended vaccine
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