The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 7, Supplement 2 , Pages S3-S10 , July 2008

Increasing Influenza Vaccination Rates: The Need to Vaccinate Throughout the Entire Influenza Season

  • Gregory A. Poland, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Gregory A. Poland, MD, Mayo Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic, Guggenheim Building 611, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota, 55905.
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  • David R. Johnson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Scientific and Medical Affairs, Sanofi Pasteur Inc., Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, USA.

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    Self-reported influenza vaccination levels by target population. (Reprinted from MMWR Recomm Rep.1)

    Self-reported influenza vaccination levels by target population. (Reprinted from MMWR Recomm Rep.1)

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    Peak influenza activity in the United States by month, 1976 to 2006. (Reprinted from MMWR Recomm Rep.1)

    Peak influenza activity in the United States by month, 1976 to 2006. (Reprinted from MMWR Recomm Rep.1)

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    Influenza activity versus vaccination. “Patient Visits” is the scale for both unimmunized high-risk patients (solid curve) and influenza vaccination visits (dotted curve); “Diagnosis Visits” is the sc

    Influenza activity versus vaccination. “Patient Visits” is the scale for both unimmunized high-risk patients (solid curve) and influenza vaccination visits (dotted curve); “Diagnosis Visits” is the scale for influenza diagnosis visits (dashed curve). * = 2-Year average; † = 3-Year average.

 Statement of author disclosure: Please see the Author Disclosures section at the end of this article.

PII: S0002-9343(08)00465-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.05.002

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 7, Supplement 2 , Pages S3-S10 , July 2008

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