Infectious Disease

• In the Journals

• Success reported with drive-through flu vaccine clinics

• July 16, 2012
• Since the beginning of an annual drive-through immunization program initiated in 1995 at the University of Louisville Hospital, more than 50,000 influenza...More »

• Perspective

• H1N1 vaccine given to pregnant women not linked to poor birth outcomes

• Infectious Disease News, August 2012
• Two separate studies published this week had somewhat contrasting findings regarding the safety of influenza A(H1N1) vaccine.
  The 2009 pandemic influenza...More »

• In the Journals

• Antibody response to flu vaccine lower if vaccine contains same strain year to year

• June 20, 2012
• Children who received consecutive years of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccination with the same strains of A(H1N1) and A(H3N2) may have a weaker...More »

• In the Journals

• Antibody response to flu vaccine lower if vaccine contains same strain year to year

• Infectious Disease News, July 2012
• Children who received consecutive years of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccination with the same strains of A(H1N1) and A(H3N2) may have a weaker...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Laninamivir octanoate appears more convenient than zanamivir in pediatric patients with influenza

• June 4, 2012
• Laninamivir octanoate may be a better choice for treating children with influenza, as it can be given in a single inhalation, according to a recent study.
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• In the Journals

• Baseline viral load measurements, influenza subtyping may optimize antiviral therapy

• June 1, 2012
• Influenza subtyping may help predict antiviral therapy effectiveness and may assist in treatment of influenza.
  Barbara Rath, MD, of the department of...More »

• Pandemic flu caused less illness, fewer hospitalizations than predicted

• Infectious Disease News, June 2012
• The pandemic strain of influenza, H1N1v2009, which was feared to cause severe respiratory distress and illness, did not have the severe effect as...More »

• Higher hemagglutinin dose improved H1N1 vaccine immunogenicity in HIV

• March 1, 2012
• A higher hemagglutinin dose of the 2009 H1N1 vaccine improved the vaccine’s immunogenicity in those with HIV — a population that commonly...More »

• Perspective

• FDA panel recommends strains for 2012-2013 flu vaccine

• Infectious Disease News, March 2013
• The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee recommended the strains to be included in the influenza virus vaccine for the...More »

• Perspective

• New influenza A virus identified in bats

• Infectious Disease News, April 2012
• Researchers from the CDC have identified a new influenza A virus in fruit bats from Guatemala, but it does not appear to pose a current threat to humans.
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