Richard K. Zimmerman

TL;DR: Las guias basadas en datos y pruebas cientificas comprenden el diagnóstico, el tratamiento and the quimioprofilaxis with medicamentos antivirales, además de temas relacionados with the control of brotes de influenza estacional (interpandémicas) en ámbitos institucionales.

TL;DR: Vine effectiveness in the 2011-2012 season was modest overall, with lower effectiveness against the predominant A (H3N2) virus, which may be related to antigenic drift, but past history of vaccination might also play a role.

TL;DR: Vaccine-critical websites frequently make serious allegations, and with the burgeoning of the Internet as a health information source, an undiscerning or incompletely educated public may accept these claims and refuse vaccination of their children.

TL;DR: The 2012-2013 vaccines were moderately effective in most age groups as discussed by the authors, and the vaccine effectiveness was estimated as [100% × (1 − adjusted odds ratio)] for vaccination in cases versus test-negative controls.

TL;DR: The live attenuated vaccine was found to be ineffective among children in a year with substantial inactivated vaccine effectiveness, and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices made an interim recommendation not to use the live attenuates influenza vaccine for the 2016–2017 influenza season.