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Updated

6-Apr-11

Patients at risk from Influenza:

· Patients over 65 years of age

· Patients with Asthma, COPD or other respiratory diseases

· Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

· Patients with Chronic Heart disease

· Patients with Chronic Kidney disease

· Patients who are immunosuppressed

· Patients living in a residential or nursing home

· Patients at risk for occupational reasons

· Some other categories

If you are in one of the above groups it is very important that you have an annual influenza vaccination

 

Contact your G.P. as soon as possible

This illustration shows the influenza virus penetrating the wall of a human cell