title: Usefulness of influenza vaccination in different groups of diabetic patients.
abstract: Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder that poses some degrees of immunodeficiency. This leads to the need for some specific primary prevention of infectious diseases by vaccination. An important vaccine for diabetic patients is the influenza vaccine. It is recommended that the diabetic patients should get vaccine. Here, the author performed an assessment on existed evidence to determine the usefulness of influenza vaccination in different groups of diabetic patients.
authors.affiliation: Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok 10160, Thailand.
authors.forename: Viroj
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wiwanitkit
mesh_terms: D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011379:Prognosis; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines