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. 2018 Feb 1;2018(2):CD001269. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001269.pub6

ab Goodeve 1983.

Methods Randomised controlled trial, double‐blind
Participants 119 healthy young adults from the Medical and Science Faculties of Sheffield University, UK, aged 18 to 19 years without egg allergy
Interventions Purified subunit monovalent B/Hong Kong/73 flu vaccine prepared in 4 antigen concentrations of 40, 20, 10, 5 µg of HA per each 0.5 mL dose versus saline placebo (0.5 mL dose) subcutaneously administered. Participants were divided into 5 groups of equal dimensions (no further description), each group received 1 of the tested coded preparations. Artificial challenge 1 month later with live attenuated RB77 virus.
Outcomes Local and systemic reactions were assessed by means of questionnaires completed by participants 24 hours after immunisation. Local reactions (including redness, swelling, itching), local pain (including pain on pressure, pain on contact, continuous pain).
Notes Safety data only were extracted.
Government funded
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Unclear
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Unclear
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear
Summary assessment Unclear risk Unclear