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Seasonal influenza vaccine in immunocompromised persons

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Immunocompromised persons are at high risk of complications from influenza infection. This population includes those with solid organ transplants, hematopoietic stem cell transplants, solid cancers and hematologic malignancy as well as those with ...
Mohammad Bosaeed, Deepali Kumar
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Effectiveness of influenza vaccine in aging and older adults: comprehensive analysis of the evidence [PDF]

, 2012
Foremost amongst the diseases preventable by vaccination is influenza. Worldwide, influenza virus infection is associated with serious adverse events leading to hospitalization, debilitating complications, and death in elderly individuals ...
Assir N, Lang, Pierre-Olivier, Govind, Sheila, Aspinall R, Mendes A, Mendes, Aline, Socquet, Jennifer, Govind S, Socquet J, Assir, Noémie, Lang PO, Aspinall, Richard   +11 more
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Cross-sectional survey of older people's views related to influenza vaccine uptake [PDF]

, 2006
Background The population's views concerning influenza vaccine are important in maintaining high uptake of a vaccine that is required yearly to be effective.
Hanciles, S, Elizabeth Breeze, Astrid Fletcher, Hanciles, Smita, Breeze, E, Stirling, Sue, Sari Kovats, Fletcher Astrid, Punam Mangtani, Stirling, S, Mangtani, P, Stirling Sue, Fletcher, Astrid, Kovats, Sari, Hanciles Smita, Fletcher, A, Breeze, Elizabeth, Kovats Sari, Mangtani Punam, Kovats, S, Breeze Elizabeth, Sue Stirling, Mangtani, Punam, Smita Hanciles   +23 more
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H7N9 Incident, immune status, the elderly and a warning of an influenza pandemic

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2013
The novel re-assortment A influenza H7N9 (nrH7N9) emerged in humans in the Shanghai and surrounding provinces of China in late February and early March.
Yi Guan, Amber Farooqui, Huachen Zhu, Wei Dong, Jia Wang, David J Kelvin   +5 more
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The interplay between susceptibility and vaccine effectiveness control the timing and size of an emerging seasonal influenza wave in England

Epidemics, 2023
Relaxing social distancing measures and reduced level of influenza over the last two seasons may lead to a winter 2022 influenza wave in England. We used an established model for influenza transmission and vaccination to evaluate the rolled out influenza
E. van Leeuwen, J. Panovska-Griffiths, S. Elgohari, A. Charlett, C. Watson   +4 more
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Overview of Serological Techniques for Influenza Vaccine Evaluation: Past, Present and Future [PDF]

, 2014
Serological techniques commonly used to quantify influenza-specific antibodies include the Haemagglutination Inhibition (HI), Single Radial Haemolysis (SRH) and Virus Neutralization (VN) assays.
Temperton, Nigel J., Claudia Trombetta, Emanuele Montomoli, Trombetta, Claudia Maria, Stuart Mather, Perini, Daniele, Daniele Perini, Claudia Maria Trombetta, Mather, Stuart, Temperton, Nigel, Trombetta, Claudia, Nigel Temperton, Montomoli, Emanuele   +12 more
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Influenza vaccination in immunosuppressed and healthy individuals : DC-induced regulatory NK cell-function [PDF]

, 2011
Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) leads to immunosuppression, mainly through depletion of CD4+ T cells. Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) inhibits virus replication and thereby promotes recovery of T cell numbers and reconstitution of ...
Fritz, Stefanie
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Seasonal influenza vaccination among older adults in Jordan: prevalence, knowledge, and attitudes

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020
Objectives: The current study aimed to evaluate the prevalence, level of knowledge and attitudes to seasonal influenza vaccination among older adults in Jordan.
Mera Ababneh, Mutaz Jaber, Abeer Rababa’h, Faris Ababneh   +3 more
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Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Preventing Laboratory Confirmed Influenza in 2014-2015 Season in Turkey: A Test-Negative Case Control Study

Balkan Medical Journal, 2018
Background: Influenza has an important public health impact worldwide with its considerable annual morbidity among persons with or without risk factors and its serious complications among persons in high-risk groups.
Can Hüseyin Hekimoğlu1, Mestan Emek2, Emine Avcı3, Selmur Topal3, Mustafa Demiröz4, Gül Ergör5   +5 more
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A typology of beliefs and misperceptions about the influenza disease and vaccine among older adults in Singapore.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Access to the influenza vaccine pose little barriers in developed countries such as Singapore and vaccination against influenza is highly recommended for at-risk populations including older adults.
Christopher L Cummings, Wei Yi Kong, Jeanette Orminski   +2 more
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