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The current shortfall in anticipated doses of vaccine for the upcoming influenza season¹ makes the reports by Belshe et al.² and Kenney et al.³ in this issue of the Journal particularly timely. These studies raise the possibility of using alternative routes of immunization (e.g., intradermal, as opposed to intramuscular, administration) with smaller doses of vaccine as a means of "stretching" available doses of influenza vaccine in times of shortages. In addition, the studies indirectly raise provocative issues regarding the potential effect of these alternative routes of immunization in targeting specialized cells of the immune system to enhance the immunogenicity of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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This article was published at www.nejm.org on November 4, 2004.

From the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

John R. La Montagne, Ph.D., is deceased.

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Intradermal Vaccination against Influenza
Weller T. H., Kilbourne E. D., Manian F. A., Belshe R. B., Treanor J., Dubin G., Glenn G. M., Kenney R. T.
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N Engl J Med 2005; 352:1044-1046, Mar 10, 2005. Correspondence

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