RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Influenza update 2018–2019: 100 years after the great pandemic
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 861
OP 869
DO 10.3949/ccjm.85a.18095
VO 85
IS 11
A1 Mossad, Sherif Beniameen
YR 2018
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/85/11/861.abstract
AB Four influenza pandemics, starting with the historic 1918 pandemic, have killed thousands of people around the world. Vaccination, still the most important means of pre-venting influenza, is currently recommended yearly for all people age 6 months and older, with a goal of vaccinating 80% of all Americans and 90% of at-risk populations. Neuraminidase inhibitors are underused, and a new drug with a different mechanism of action, baloxavir marboxil, is expected to be approved soon in the United States.