Repeated Vaccination Does Not Appear to Impact Upon Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Hospitalization With Confirmed Influenza
Author(s) -
Allen C. Cheng,
Kristine Macartney,
Grant Waterer,
Tom Kotsimbos,
Paul Kelly,
Christopher C. Blyth,
Saliya Hewagama,
Sanjaya Senenayake,
Deborah Friedman,
Graham Simpson,
Peter Wark,
Cameron Hunter,
Tony M. Korman,
John W. Upham,
Simon Bowler,
Mark Holmes,
Louis Irving,
Simon G.A. Brown,
Dominic E. Dwyer
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix209
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , influenza vaccine , virology , live attenuated influenza vaccine , trivalent influenza vaccine , immunology
Annual influenza vaccine is recommended for those at greatest risk of severe influenza infection. Recent reports of a negative impact of serial influenza vaccination on vaccine effectiveness (VE) raises concerns about the recommendation for annual influenza vaccines, particularly in persons at greatest risk.
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