Previous Vaccination and Age are More Important Predictors of Immune Response to Influenza Vaccine than Inflammation and Iron Status in Dialysis Patients

• Main Authors: Jaromír Eiselt (Author), Lukáš Kielberger (Author), Daniel Rajdl (Author), Jaroslav Racek (Author), Petr Pazdiora (Author), Lada Malánová (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: The immune response to influenza vaccine may be influenced by many factors, e.g. age, comorbidities or inflammation, and iron status. Methods: We studied the vaccine-induced production of hemagglutination-inhibition antibodies (HI) in 133 hemodialysis patients (HD) and 40 controls....