Patients with RA receive less protection from pandemic influenza with H1N1 vaccine
Specific influenza immunization strategies for patients with RA may be required for future flu pandemics
Published 2011-05-26 · Original archive entry · Explore research explainers
A Brazilian hospital-based study assessed responses to flu vaccines in 340 RA patients in regular follow-up compared to 234 healthy patients. Measures of protection obtained by vaccination (seroprotection rate (SP)) after immunization was over 20% lower for RA patients compared to healthy individuals (60.1% vs. 82.9% comparatively (p END