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. 2013 Oct 29;2013(10):CD008983. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008983.pub2

Machado 2005

Methods Retrospective case‐control (confirmed influenza versusno influenza) Location and setting: Brazil
Participants BMT recipients (CML, acute leukemia, severe aplastic anemia, NHL, MM, other)
43 participants eligible to receive influenza vaccination: 19 vaccinated 24 unvaccinated
mean age not reported
Interventions Influenza vaccination, obtained from review of participants' charts
Outcomes
  1. Confirmed influenza by direct immunofluorescence assay

  2. Adverse events

Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) High risk Non‐random
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk Non‐random
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes High risk Mortality ‐ no record
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk The only outcome reported was documented influenza
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes High risk Non‐blinded
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes High risk Non‐blinded