Influenza A (H1N1) Blog

Posts Tagged ‘elders’

1. June 22, 2010

   Pigs are reservoirs of Influenza

   Why were the older people less affected by the new flu?

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   The elderly, especially those older than 65 years, that is, born before 1944, constitute the part of the population less affected by H1N1. It was suggested and later confirmed by CDC that it is about the prior immunity to the virus. These people probably have [...]

2. September 9, 2009

   Prior immunity and flu

   I received a comment from Paulo Amaral with amazing questions, leading me to advance this post. As follows, you can find the questions and the answer explaining what is relevant:
   Would the annual vaccination against flu be liable for the low number of reports in elders?
   What is the efficacy of the vaccine produced by mettles of [...]