Safety and Immunogenicity of the 2005-2006 Fluzone® Vaccine

Inclusion criteria

• Participant aged 18 years or older on the day of inclusion.
• Participant able to attend scheduled visits and to comply with the study procedures during the entire duration of the study.
• Participant is in reasonably good health as assessed by the investigator.
• Participant willing and able to meet protocol requirements.
• Participant willing and able to give informed consent.
• For a woman, inability to bear a child or negative serum/urine pregnancy test.

Exclusion criteria

• Self-reported allergy to egg proteins, chicken proteins, or one of the constituents of the vaccine, such as thimerosal or formaldehyde.
• An acute illness with or without fever (temperature ≥ 99.5°F oral) in the 72 hours preceding enrollment in the trial.
• Clinically significant findings in vital signs (including temperature ≥ 99.5°F oral) on review of systems.
• Self-reported history of severe adverse event to any influenza vaccine.
• Laboratory-confirmed influenza infection or vaccination against influenza in the 6 months preceding enrollment in the study.
• Any vaccination in the 14 days preceding enrollment in the study or scheduled between Visit 1 and Visit 3.
• Vaccination planned in the 4 weeks following any trial vaccination.
• Participation in any other interventional drug or vaccine trial within the 30 days preceding or during enrollment into this study.
• Immunocompromising or immunosuppressive therapy (including systemic steroid use for 2 weeks or more), cancer chemotherapy, or radiation therapy at the time of enrollment, planned during the period of this study, or at any time within the past 6 months.
• Receipt of blood or blood products within the 3 months preceding enrollment in the study.
• Diabetes mellitus requiring pharmacological control.
• Any condition that in the opinion of the Investigator posed a health risk to the subject if enrolled or interfered with the evaluation of the vaccine.
• Person deprived of freedom by an administrative or court order (having legal or medical guardian).
• For women of childbearing potential, a positive urine pregnancy test, breast feeding, or not using a medically approved form of contraception for the duration of the trial.
• Current abuse of alcohol or drug addiction that interfered with the subject's ability to comply with trial procedures.
• Thrombocytopenia or bleeding disorder contraindicating intramuscular (IM) vaccination.