Double-Blind, Randomized Study of the Effects of Influenza Vaccination on the Specific Antibody Response and Clinical Course of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Kenna M Sleigh; Donelda G Danforth; Raymond T Hall; Jonathan A Fleming; H Grant Stiver

doi:10.1155/2000/602862

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 2000)

Double-Blind, Randomized Study of the Effects of Influenza Vaccination on the Specific Antibody Response and Clinical Course of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Kenna M Sleigh,
Donelda G Danforth,
Raymond T Hall,
Jonathan A Fleming,
H Grant Stiver

Affiliations

Kenna M Sleigh: Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
Donelda G Danforth: Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
Raymond T Hall: Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
Jonathan A Fleming: Sleep Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
H Grant Stiver: Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2000/602862
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 5
pp. 267 – 273

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether influenza immunization is associated with early side effects, a deleterious impact on the illness course and depressed antibody response in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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