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Flu shot guidelines criticized

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Mathematical model suggests that US experts got their priorities wrong.

The US policy for which groups should be the first to receive influenza vaccines is not the most effective strategy to limit the spread of swine flu, according to a paper published online today in Science1.

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  1. Medlock, J. & Galvani, A. P. Science advance online publication doi: 10.1126/science.1175570 (2009).

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  1. Elie Dolgin
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Dolgin, E. Flu shot guidelines criticized. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.846

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