title: General vaccination of children against influenza?
abstract: Due to the high incidence of influenza in children, general vaccination has been discussed. There are, however, reasons to believe that general vaccination of children will not solve the influenza problem because influenza vaccines induce type-specific immunity of short duration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vaccination of several cohorts of children will be a tremendous commitment, probably with little hope of success in decreasing the morbidity and spread of influenza.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. birger.trollfors@vgregion.se
authors.forename: Birger
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trollfors
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000592:standards; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines