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VACCINE
Volume 22, Issue 17-18, Pages 2199-2201Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.11.046
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booster; influenza; vaccine
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Dialysis patients show impaired responses to several vaccines. Limited recent data are available on influenza vaccination in these patients. In the 1998-1999 influenza season, 44 dialysis patients received a standard trivalent vaccination followed by a booster two months later. The serum antibody responses in these patients were compaired with those found in healthy subjects. A fourfold rise in serum hemagglutination inhibition titre was achieved in 23-58% of all patients. Protective titres were reached in 53-93% of the patients. Since protective antibody titers can be induced, it is recommended to vaccinate dialysis patients annually against influenza. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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