Influenza vaccine effectiveness among US military basic trainees, 2005-06 season.
Virtually all US military basic trainees receive seasonal influenza vaccine. Surveillance data collected from December 2005 through March 2006 were evaluated to estimate effectiveness of the influenza vaccine at 6 US military basic training centers. Vaccine effectiveness against laboratory-confirmed influenza was 92% (95% confidence interval 85%-96%).
Strickler
Jennifer K
JK
Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California 92186-5122, USA. strickler@nhrc.navy.mil
Hawksworth
Anthony W
AW
Myers
Christopher
C
Irvine
Marina
M
Ryan
Margaret A K
MA
Russell
Kevin L
KL
D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D008889:Military Personnel; D012621:Seasons; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated