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Annual influenza vaccination: offering protection beyond infection

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Editor, Senior Moderator
South Med J. 2012 Jul;105(7):379-86.
Annual influenza vaccination: offering protection beyond infection.
Rogers KC, Wallace JP, Foster SL, Finks SW.
Source

From the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
Abstract

ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death in the world, is largely preventable. An increasing amount of evidence suggests that annual vaccination with inactivated influenza vaccine reduces morbidity and mortality associated with CVD; however, immunization rates in patients with CVD fall consistently below the goals established by Healthy People 2020. This review outlines the importance of vaccination and summarizes the available literature on the role of seasonal influenza vaccination and the incidence of coronary artery disease and stroke.

PMID:
22766667
[PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22766667
 
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