Despite wide use of the influenza vaccine, relatively little is known about its effect on the
measurement of inflammatory markers. Because inflammatory markers such as C-reactive
protein (CRP) are increasingly being used in conjunction with lipids for the clinical
assessment of cardiovascular disease and in epidemiologic studies, we evaluated the effect
of influenza vaccination on markers of inflammation and plasma lipid concentrations. We
drew blood from 22 healthy individuals 1 to 6 hours before they were given an influenza …