• Aust Prescr · Apr 2019

    Review

    Influenza: overview on prevention and therapy.

    • Christopher Robson, Sai Rupa Baskar, Robert Booy, Patricia E Ferguson, Nicole Gilroy, Jen Kok, Indy Sandaradura, and Dominic Dwyer.
    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Westmead Hospital, Sydney.
    • Aust Prescr. 2019 Apr 1; 42 (2): 515551-55.

    AbstractQuadrivalent influenza vaccination is recommended annually for adults and children aged six months to 64 years High-dose or adjuvanted trivalent vaccines are recommended annually for people 65 years and over If started early enough, neuraminidase inhibitors reduce symptom duration by approximately one day. Treatment should be considered in patients with severe disease requiring hospitalisation or who are at risk of complications Chemoprophylaxis is not a substitute for vaccination but can be considered in high-risk individuals with an inadequate or ineffective vaccination status

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