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Influenza Vaccination in Patients With Cancer: Factors Associated With Vaccination Practices for Patients and Their Household Members

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2015

Ella J. Ariza-Heredia ,
Jacques Azzi ,
Dimpy P. Shah ,
Lior Nesher ,
Shashank S. Ghantoji ,
Lamprinos Michailidis ,
Lisa Marsh  and
Roy F. Chemaly
Ella J. Ariza-Heredia*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Jacques Azzi
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Dimpy P. Shah
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Lior Nesher
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Shashank S. Ghantoji
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Lamprinos Michailidis
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Lisa Marsh
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Roy F. Chemaly
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
*
Address correspondence to Ella J. Ariza-Heredia, MD, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, Unit 1460, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030 (eariza@mdanderson.org).
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Abstract

Presented in part: IDWeek 2014; Philadelphia, PA; October 8-12, 2014 (Poster 1120).

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;36(10):1239–1241

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Supplement 10 , October 2015 , pp. 1239 - 1241
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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