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Doctors asked to help monitor effectiveness of this year’s flu vaccine
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is looking for doctors to participate in a program that will help track the effectiveness of this year's influenza vaccine.
"Last year showed the lowest vaccine effectiveness we have recorded in more than ten years," Dr. Danuta Skowronski told CBC News. ”The World Health Organization has replaced last year's H3N2 vaccine with a new one and we want to check that it gives better protection for the coming season."
The monitoring program, the Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN), draws on swabs and information collected from patients seeking care for flu-like illness from one of the hundreds of participating practitioners.
Dr Skowronski hopes more family doctors and nurses will agree to receive special kits to evaluate flu-like illnesses, and human responses to new vaccines.
Public health officials say the benefits of the influenza vaccine outweigh the risks, especially for the very young and old, and those with health problems.