Efficacy of influenza A H1N1/2009 vaccine in hemodialysis and kidney transplant patients

M Crespo, S Collado, M Mir, H Cao… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Results We excluded 19 individuals seroprotected (≥ 1/40) against the novel H1N1 in the
initial sample. Efficacy rate in the 96 vaccinated individuals was 43.7%(42 of 96
seroconverted versus four of 27 nonvaccinated patients, P= 0.007). For vaccinated
subgroups, efficacy was 41.8% in transplant patients (P= 0.039 versus nonvaccinated),
33.3% in hemodialysis patients (P= 0.450), and 81.8% in controls. Healthy controls showed
better response to vaccine than transplant (P= 0.021) and dialysis (P= 0.012) patients. For …