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Influenza and Influenza Vaccine: A Review [PDF]

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2021
AbstractInfluenza is a highly contagious, deadly virus, killing nearly half a million people yearly worldwide. The classic symptoms of influenza are fever, fatigue, cough, and body aches. In the outpatient setting, diagnosis can be made by clinical presentation with optional confirmatory diagnostic testing.
Cynthia Nypaver, Cynthia Dehlinger, Chelsea Carter   +2 more
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Decreased influenza vaccination coverage among Chinese healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2022
Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) were the priority group for influenza vaccination, in China during the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 influenza seasons. However, vaccination rates in HCWs have always been low.
Libing Ma, Xuan Han, Yuan Ma, Yuan Yang, Yunshao Xu, Di Liu, Weizhong Yang, Luzhao Feng   +7 more
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The effect of age and recent influenza vaccination history on the immunogenicity and efficacy of 2009-10 seasonal trivalent inactivated influenza vaccination in children. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
There is some evidence that annual vaccination of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) may lead to reduced vaccine immunogenicity but evidence is lacking on whether vaccine efficacy is affected by prior vaccination history.
Sophia Ng, Dennis K M Ip, Vicky J Fang, Kwok-Hung Chan, Susan S Chiu, Gabriel M Leung, J S Malik Peiris, Benjamin J Cowling   +7 more
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Impact of Actively Offering Influenza Vaccination to Frail People during Hospitalisation: A Pilot Study in Italy

Vaccines, 2023
Despite the worldwide recommendations for influenza immunisation, vaccination coverage for patients exposed to the highest risk of severe complications is still far from the optimal target.
Alessandra Fallucca, Patrizia Ferro, Luca Mazzeo, Luigi Zagra, Elena Cocciola, Roberta Oliveri, Antonino Tuttolomondo, Alida Benfante, Salvatore Battaglia, Nicola Scichilone, Nicola Veronese, Marco Affronti, Mario Barbagallo, Alessandra Casuccio, Francesco Vitale, Vincenzo Restivo, the AOUP Inpatient Vaccination Team   +16 more
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Accounting for the spread of vaccination behavior to optimize influenza vaccination programs.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Vaccination is the most efficient means of preventing influenza infection and its complications. While previous studies have considered the externalities of vaccination that arise from indirect protection against influenza infection, they have often ...
Dor Kahana, Dan Yamin
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The Attitude Toward Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Among Workers of Community Healthcare Centers in Zhejiang Province, China: Barriers and Facilitators

Vaccines
Background: This study was aimed at understanding the attitude on influenza and influenza vaccination among workers of community healthcare centers (CHCs) and investigating the barriers and facilitators for influenza vaccination.
Jianyong Shen, Shangyan Han, Chao Zhang, Huakun Lv, Yu Hu   +4 more
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Factors predicting influenza vaccination adherence among patients in dialysis: an Italian survey

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate knowledge and practices about influenza among patients on dialysis services of Italian hospitals at risk of severe influenza infection and vaccine and to identify predictive factors to vaccination ...
Claudio Battistella, Rosanna Quattrin, Daniele Celotto, Matteo d’Angelo, Elisa Fabbro, Silvio Brusaferro, Antonella Agodi, Matteo Astengo, Vincenzo Baldo, Tatjana Baldovin, Fabrizio Bert, Luigi Biancone, Lorenzo A. Calò, Alice Canale, Pietro Castellino, Alberto Carli, Giancarlo Icardi, Pietro Luigi Lopalco, Anna Righi, Roberta Siliquini, Stefano Tardivo, Federico Tassinari, Massimiliano Veroux   +22 more
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"VACCINES IN INFLUENZA" [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1918
To the Editor: —The current comment in your issue of October 19 prompts me to call attention to the efforts of this laboratory and base hospital to do something specific for influenza. It was obvious from the first that the virus was an overwhelming one, and it was noteworthy that uncomplicated influenza was associated with leukopenia and that the ...
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Influenza vaccination effectiveness for people aged under 65 years in Japan, 2013/2014 season: application of a doubly robust method to a large-scale, real-world dataset

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Influenza vaccination is recognized as a primary public health intervention which prevents the illness of patients and relieves the societal burdens of influenza for medical community as well as the economy.
Natsumi Shibata, Shinya Kimura, Takahiro Hoshino, Hisashi Urushihara   +3 more
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Disparities in influenza vaccination: Arab Americans in California

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Influenza vaccination among minoritized groups remains below federal benchmarks in the United States (US). We used data from the 2004–2016 California Health Interview Surveys (CHIS) to characterize influenza vaccination patterns among Arab ...
Rose-Marie Jungquist, Nadia N. Abuelezam
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