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In this issue of the Journal, two important and timely studies address basic questions related to the use and performance of influenza vaccines.^1,2 The findings are also informative because both studies were conducted in the 2004–2005 influenza season when the influenza A (H3N2) components in both the inactivated and the live attenuated influenza vaccines were not optimally matched to the circulating strains.

In one of the studies, King et al. investigated whether the vaccination of children 5 years of age or older with a live attenuated influenza vaccine reduced the spread of influenza to households and the community through "herd . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Global Influenza Programme, Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Response (K.F.), and the Initiative for Vaccine Research, Department of Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals (M.P.K.), World Health Organization, Geneva.

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