Influenza Vaccination of Patients Receiving Statins: Where Do We Go From Here?

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Editorial

Robert L Atmar et al. J Infect Dis. 2016.

. 2016 Apr 15;213(8):1211-3.

doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiv459. Epub 2015 Oct 28.

¹ Department of Medicine Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

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Keywords: immunogenicity; influenza; influenza vaccines; statins; vaccine effectiveness.

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