Journal article
Live Attenuated Versus Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Hutterite Children: A Cluster Randomized Blinded Trial.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Whether vaccinating children with intranasal live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) is more effective than inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) in providing both direct protection in vaccinated persons and herd protection in unvaccinated persons is uncertain. Hutterite colonies, where members live in close-knit, small rural communities in which influenza virus infection regularly occurs, offer an opportunity to address this …
Authors
Loeb M; Russell ML; Manning V; Fonseca K; Earn DJD; Horsman G; Chokani K; Vooght M; Babiuk L; Schwartz L
Journal
Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 165, No. 9, pp. 617–624
Publisher
American College of Physicians
Publication Date
November 1, 2016
DOI
10.7326/m16-0513
ISSN
1056-8751