Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness among US Military Basic Trainees, 2005–06 Season

Abstract

Virtually all US military basic trainees receive seasonal influenza vaccine. Surveillance data collected from December 2005 through March 2006 were evaluated to estimate effectiveness of the influenza vaccine at 6 US military basic training centers. Vaccine effectiveness against laboratory-confirmed influenza was 92% (95% confidence interval 85%–96%).

Keywords

• human influenza
• vaccine effectiveness
• military personnel
• dispatch
• United States