Influenza vaccine effectiveness among US military basic trainees, 2005-06 season

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Apr;13(4):617-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1304.061308.

Abstract

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%).

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intranasal
  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Influenza Vaccines* / administration & dosage
  • Influenza Vaccines* / therapeutic use
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
  • Influenza, Human / prevention & control*
  • Influenza, Human / virology
  • Military Personnel*
  • Seasons
  • Sentinel Surveillance
  • Treatment Outcome
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Vaccination / statistics & numerical data
  • Vaccines, Attenuated / administration & dosage
  • Vaccines, Attenuated / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Influenza Vaccines
  • Vaccines, Attenuated