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Article: Fending Off Flu: The Medical Letter Presents Options for Prevention.
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- January 12, 2004
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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- With a strong early start to the influenza season this year and concerns about sufficient supply of vaccine, people are particularly fearful of contracting influenza, even those who received the vaccine. What is most troubling is the appearance of infections caused by a strain of influenza that does not precisely match the strains in this year's vaccine.
"This year, the flu type-A strain included in the vaccine is related to, but different from the strain circulating," says Gianna Zuccotti, M.D., Deputy Editor of "The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics." "While the vaccine may not provide full protection, the ...