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Title: Seasonal influenza vaccine delivered by intradermal microinjection: A randomised controlled safety and immunogenicity trial in adults. Author: Leroux-Roels I, Vets E, Freese R, Seiberling M, Weber F, Salamand C, Leroux-Roels G. Journal: Vaccine; 2008 Dec 02; 26(51):6614-9. PubMed ID: 18930093. Abstract: Influenza vaccines remain largely underused. A promising alternative to current intramuscular vaccines is a trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) delivered using a microinjection system to offer a less invasive and possibly more acceptable vaccination. A phase II, multicentre, randomised open-label study in 978 healthy adults (18-57 years) evaluated the immunogenicity and safety of intradermal TIV. Subjects received a 0.1 ml injection of intradermal TIV, containing 9 microg of haemagglutinin (HA) per strain (n = 588) or a conventional 0.5 ml intramuscular vaccine (15 microg of HA/strain; n = 390). Intradermal TIV induced non-inferior humoral immune responses against all three strains and superior responses against both A strains (H1N1, H3N2) compared with the control. Both vaccines were well tolerated.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]