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Volume 360:537-538 January 29, 2009 Number 5
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Effectiveness of Maternal Influenza Immunization

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by Zaman, K.
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To the Editor: In their article on maternal influenza vaccination, Zaman et al. (Oct. 9 issue)1 address a very important preventive health intervention that had substantial benefits to both mothers and infants. However, the potential effect of breast-feeding on the outcome remains unclear. Was there an association between breast-feeding and apparent immunity to respiratory illness in the two study groups? Though the authors mention that the mean numbers of weeks of exclusive breast-feeding were similar in the two groups, the range varied from 1 to 25 weeks. Was any subgroup analysis done to investigate for an association between the duration . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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