Canadian Medical Association Journal | 2019
High-dose influenza vaccination
Abstract
High-dose trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (HD-TIV) contains 60 μg of hemagglutinin per strain, whereas standard-dose vaccines (SD-TIV) contain 15 μg. Given the burden of influenza A subtype H3N2 in older adults and evidence of better efficacy of HD-TIV relative to SD-TIV ([Box 1][1]),[1][2