In the majority of patients (influenza vaccine, 98 % and pneumococcal vaccine, 94 %), vaccination was carried out in general practice.
Oral delivery represents another attractive alternative to parenteral injection for large-scale human vaccination.
The outcomes of six different vaccination schedules were examined.
Analysis suggests that the pre-vaccination patterns of measles and mumps infection in the different countries were similar.
Bars represent the average concentration (in dry weight) for groups of samples taken from fish at different time points after vaccination.
Measles vaccine efficacy during an outbreak in a highly vaccinated population : incremental increase in protection with age at vaccination up to 18 months.
Further research is needed to evaluate vaccination coverage and efficacy in this area.
Particular emphasis was given to the impact of repeated vaccination on the risk of influenza in elderly subjects.
