Hanyang Med Rev.
2008 Aug;28(3):24-29.
Influenza Vaccine
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal medicine, Korea University Medical School Seoul, Korea. heejinmd@medimail.co.kr
Abstract
- Influenza is a one type of acute febrile upper respiratory infection. Even though the clinical course of influenza is self-limited in majority of cases, some patients are admitted and expire due to its complications. The influenza vaccine is used for the purpose of prevention of influenza itself or reduction of influenza related morbidity and mortality. Several kinds of inactivated, trivalent influenza vaccine are commonly used in the world. Influenza vaccine is recommended in the high risk group (>50yeras old, 6~23 month of age, patients with chronic medical disease, etc) in Korea. In recent days, there is big oncern of impending pandemic influenza that is linked to the avian flu outbreak in poultry. We have to prepare the planning and stockpiling of prepandemic and pandemic vaccine.
