Effects of Influenza Vaccination in the United States During the 2017–2018 Influenza Season
Author(s) -
Melissa A. Rolfes,
Brendan Flannery,
Jessie R. Chung,
Alissa O’Halloran,
Shikha Garg,
Edward A. Belongia,
Manjusha Gaglani,
Richard K. Zimmerman,
Michael L. Jackson,
Arnold S. Monto,
Nisha B. Alden,
Evan J. Anderson,
Nancy M. Bennett,
Laurie M. Billing,
Seth Eckel,
Pam Daily Kirley,
Ruth Lynfield,
Maya Monroe,
Melanie Spencer,
Nancy Spina,
H. Keipp Talbot,
Ann Thomas,
Salina Torres,
Kimberly YouseyHindes,
James A. Singleton,
Manish M. Patel,
Carrie Reed,
Alicia M. Fry,
Huong Q. McLean,
Jennifer P. King,
Mary Patricia Nowalk,
G.K. Balasubramani,
Todd Bear,
Robert W. Hickey,
John V. Williams,
Evelyn Cohen Reis,
Krissy Moehling Geffel,
Heather Eng,
Lisa A. Jackson,
Michael Smith,
Chandni Raiyani,
Lydia Clipper,
Kempapura Murthy,
Wencong Chen,
Michael Reis,
Joshua G. Petrie,
Ryan E. Malosh,
EJ McSpadden,
Hannah E. Segaloff,
Caroline Cheng,
Rachel Truscon,
Emileigh Johnson,
Lois Lamerato,
Bret Rosenblum,
Samantha Ford,
Monika Johnson,
Jonathan M. Raviotta,
Terrie Sax,
Jonathan Steele,
Michael Susick,
Rina Chabra,
Edward Garofolo,
Philip Iozzi,
Barbara Kevish,
Donald B. Middleton,
Leonard Urbanski,
Teresa Ponder,
Todd Crumbaker,
Iosefo Iosefo,
Patricia Sleeth,
Virginia Gandy,
Kelsey R. Bounds,
Mary Kylberg,
Arundhati Rao,
Robert Fader,
Kimberley Walker,
Marcus Volz,
Jeremy Ray,
Deborah A. Price,
J. Hywel Thomas,
Hania Wehbe–Janek,
Madhava Beeram,
John Boyd,
Jamie Walkowiak,
Robert A. Probe,
Glen R. Couchman,
Shahin Motakef,
Alejandro C. Arroliga,
Anne Kaniclides,
Emerson Bouldin,
Christoph Baker,
Kimberly Berke,
Mackenzie Smith,
Niharika Rajesh,
Elizabeth Alleman,
Sarah Bauer,
Michelle Groesbeck,
Kristyn Brundidge,
Neha Hafeez,
J. Jackson,
I Bezrukova Anastasia,
Gabriel Kadoo,
Sarah Petnic,
Alison Ryan,
Amber Maslar,
James Meek,
R T Chen,
Samantha Stephens,
Stepy Thomas,
Suzanne Segler,
Kyle P. Openo,
Emily Fawcett,
Monica M. Farley,
Andrew Martin,
Patricia Ryan,
Robert Sunkel,
Taylor Lutich,
Rebecca Perlmutter,
Brittany Grace,
Timothy Blood,
Cindy Zerrlaut,
Melissa McMahon,
Anna K. Strain,
Jamie Christensen,
Kathy Angeles,
Lisa Butler,
Sarah A. Khanlian,
Robert Mansmann,
Chelsea McMullen,
Eva Pradhan,
Katarina Manzi,
Christina B. Felsen,
María I. Gaitán,
K. S. Long,
Nicholas Fisher,
Emily Hawley,
R. O’Shaughnessy,
Magdalena Scott,
Courtney Crawford,
William Schaffner,
Tiffanie Markus,
Karen Leib,
Katie Dyer,
Tammy A. Santibanez,
Yusheng Zhai,
Peng–jun Lu,
Anup Srivastav,
Mei-Chuan Hung
Publication year - 2019
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/ciz075
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , influenza vaccine , confidence interval , influenza season , disease burden , ambulatory , human mortality from h5n1 , pediatrics , immunology , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , covid-19
The severity of the 2017-2018 influenza season in the United States was high, with influenza A(H3N2) viruses predominating. Here, we report influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) and estimate the number of vaccine-prevented influenza-associated illnesses, medical visits, hospitalizations, and deaths for the 2017-2018 influenza season.
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