Vaccines for preventing influenza in the elderly

Demicheli, Vittorio; Jefferson, Tom; Di Pietrantonj, Carlo; Ferroni, Eliana; Thorning, Sarah; E. Thomas, Roger; Rivetti, Alessandro

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd004876.pub4

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Vaccines for preventing influenza in the elderly

Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Feb 1, 2018

Authors:

Vittorio Demicheli

Tom Jefferson

Carlo Di Pietrantonj

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The consequences of influenza in the elderly (those age 65 years or older) are complications, hospitalisations, and death. The primary goal of influenza vaccination in the elderly is to reduce the risk of death among people who are most vulnerable. This is an update of a review published...

Subject

Medicine

Observational study

Vaccination

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