The dilemma of influenza vaccine recommendations when applied to the tropics: the Brazilian case examined under alternative scenarios.

The dilemma of influenza vaccine recommendations when applied to the tropics: the Brazilian case examined under alternative scenarios.

Since 1999 the World Health Organization issues annually an additional influenza vaccine composition recommendation. This initiative aimed to extend to the Southern Hemisphere (SH) the benefits-previously enjoyed only by the Northern Hemisphere (NH)--of a vaccine recommendation issued as close as po...

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Main Authors: Wyller Alencar de Mello, Terezinha Maria de Paiva, Maria Akiko Ishida, Margarete Aparecida Benega, Mirleide Cordeiro Dos Santos, Cécile Viboud, Mark A Miller, Wladimir J Alonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2663029?pdf=render

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