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TIV Vaccination Modulates Host Responses to Influenza Virus Infection that Correlate with Protection against Bacterial Superinfection [PDF]

Vaccines, 2019
Background: Influenza virus infection predisposes to secondary bacterial pneumonia. Currently licensed influenza vaccines aim at the induction of neutralizing antibodies and are less effective if the induction of neutralizing antibodies is low and/or the
Angela Choi, Ioanna Christopoulou, Xavier Saelens, Adolfo García-Sastre, Michael Schotsaert   +4 more
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Influenza Vaccination among Older Adults in Southern China during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Vaccines, 2023
Influenza is prevalent globally, leading to severe morbidity and mortality. During the pandemic, knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) towards influenza virus and vaccination were less investigated among southern Chinese older adults. A cross-sectional
Yating You, Xiaoheng Li, Binglin Chen, Xuan Zou, Gang Liu, Xinxin Han   +5 more
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Acceptance of influenza vaccination and associated factors among teachers in China: A cross-sectional study based on health belief model

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023
Teachers played an important role on the transmission of influenza in schools and communities. The study aims to investigate the influenza vaccination coverage and the factors determining flu vaccination acceptance among teachers in Hangzhou, China.
Wenwen Gu, Yan Liu, Qinghua Chen, Jun Wang, Xinren Che, Jian Du, Xiaoping Zhang, Yuyang Xu, Xuechao Zhang, Wei Jiang, Jing Wang, Qixin Xie, Zhaojun Lu, Yingying Yang, Lintao Gu, Junfang Chen   +15 more
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Influenza Vaccination Behaviour of Healthcare Workers in Switzerland: A Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Public Health, 2023
Objectives: As no data are available regarding the influenza vaccination status of Swiss healthcare workers (HCW) in the ambulatory setting, this study aims to investigate their influenza vaccination behaviours.Methods: We conducted an online survey ...
Phung Lang, Charlotte Tsu-Shin Wu, Anna Florence Le-Nguyen, Astrid Czock   +3 more
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and influenza vaccination effect in preventing outpatient and inpatient influenza cases

Scientific Reports, 2022
Evidence of influenza vaccine effectiveness in preventing confirmed influenza among persons diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is scarce. We assessed the average effect of influenza vaccination in the current and prior seasons in
Iván Martínez-Baz, Itziar Casado, Ana Navascués, María Eugenia Portillo, Marcela Guevara, Carmen Ezpeleta, Jesús Castilla   +6 more
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Healthcare workers’ acceptability of influenza vaccination nudges: Evaluation of a real-world intervention

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022
Nudges have been proposed as an effective tool to stimulate influenza vaccination uptake in healthcare workers. However, the success of such nudges in practice is heavily reliant on their acceptance by the intended healthcare worker population, which has
Rachelle de Vries, Mariëtte van den Hoven, Denise de Ridder, Marcel Verweij, Emely de Vet   +4 more
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Healthcare Workers’ Willingness to Receive Influenza Vaccination in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey in Southern Italy

Vaccines, 2021
This cross-sectional survey was designed to evaluate hospital healthcare workers’ (HCWs) willingness to receive the influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify the related determinants, since it is plausible that the two epidemics ...
Gabriella Di Giuseppe, Concetta P. Pelullo, Andrea Paolantonio, Giorgia Della Polla, Maria Pavia   +4 more
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Influenza vaccines [PDF]

Vaccine, 2009
Influenza A viruses pose a substantial threat to the human population whether by purposeful manipulation and release or by the natural process of interspecies transmissions from animal reservoirs. The challenge with preparing for these events with vaccination strategies is that the best forms of protective immunity target the most variable of the viral
A H, Ellebedy, R J, Webby
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with frequent influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel in Peru, 2016─2018

Vaccine: X, 2023
Introduction: Despite a government-subsidized vaccination program, healthcare personnel (HCP) influenza vaccination uptake remains low in Peru. Using three years of cross-sectional surveys and an additional five years of prior vaccination history of HCP ...
Kelsey M. Sumner, Lindsey M. Duca, Carmen Sofia Arriola, Joan Neyra, Giselle Soto, Candice Romero, Yeny Tinoco, Francisco Nogareda, Eduardo Matos, Victor Chavez, Maria Castillo, Eduar Bravo, Juan Castro, Mark Thompson, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner   +14 more
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Differences in Sources of Information, Risk Perception, and Cognitive Appraisals between People with Various Latent Classes of Motivation to Get Vaccinated against COVID-19 and Previous Seasonal Influenza Vaccination: Facebook Survey Study with Latent Profile Analysis in Taiwan

Vaccines, 2021
The present study aimed (1) to identify distinct latent classes of motivation to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and previous seasonal influenza vaccination among people in Taiwan and (2) to examine the roles of sources of ...
Yi-Lung Chen, Yen-Ju Lin, Yu-Ping Chang, Wen-Jiun Chou, Cheng-Fang Yen   +4 more
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