[Examination about the clinical efficiency of influenza vaccination (author's transl)]

Abstract

A single blind study was performed to test the efficiency of influenza-vaccination against various clinical parameters. The parameters "sickness", "rhinitis" and "medication" were reduced significantly during the months of november to march, namely by 64.8%, 19.9% and 39.6%. Apart from the overall reduction of rhinitis especially the severe forms were strongly reduced. However this effect disappeared after five months. The parameters "fever", "cough" and "asthma" showed no difference.