Influenzalike illness among homeless persons.(Letter to the editor)
From: Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Date: 7/1/2006
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Author: Brickner, Philip W.; Bucher, Scott J.; Vincent, Richard L.
To the Editor: We report rates of influenzalike illness (ILI) and influenza vaccination among homeless persons at 3 shelter clinics in New York City examined from 1997 through 2004. Little is understood regarding the prevalence and transmission of influenza among the homeless (1). Further inquiry on this topic is timely because of concern over a possible influenza pandemic, because of US goals to increase vaccination rates among high-risk groups (2), and because of the potential ...
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