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Original Articles

Prophylactic and symptomatic treatment of influenza

Current and developing options

, MD
Pages 97-105 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015
 

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The influenza vaccine is the primary method for the prevention and control of influenza. Anti-influenza drugs also have been shown to be useful pro- phylactically and to shorten the duration of illness by 1 or 2 days when started within 48 hours of symptom onset. In this article, Dr Mossad discusses indications for the vaccine and compares the relative advantages and disadvantages of each of the anti-influenza drugs.

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