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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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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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Trends of influenza B during the 2010–2016 seasons in 2 regions of north and south Italy: The impact of the vaccine mismatch on influenza immunisation strategy [PDF]

, 2018
Influenza A and B viruses are responsible for respiratory infections, representing globally seasonal threats to human health. The 2 viral types often co-circulate and influenza B plays an important role in the spread of infection.
Alicino C., Ansaldi F., Calamusa G., Canepa P., Colomba G. M. E., Orsi A., Pojero F., Tramuto F., Trucchi C., Vitale F.   +9 more
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Effectiveness of influenza and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines against influenza-related outcomes including pneumonia and acute exacerbation of cardiopulmonary diseases: Analysis by dominant viral subtype and vaccine matching.

PLoS ONE, 2018
BackgroundInfluenza and pneumonia are leading causes of morbidity and mortality among the elderly. Although vaccination is a main strategy to prevent these infectious diseases, concerns remain with respect to vaccine effectiveness.MethodsDuring three ...
Joon Young Song, Ji Yun Noh, Jin Soo Lee, Seong-Heon Wie, Young Keun Kim, Jacob Lee, Hye Won Jeong, Shin Woo Kim, Sun Hee Lee, Kyung-Hwa Park, Won Suk Choi, Hee Jin Cheong, Woo Joo Kim   +12 more
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Influenza vaccination knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Tunisian elderly with chronic diseases

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Generally, seasonal influenza does not cause severe infection in healthy adults, but for the elderly, an infection can pose a serious health concern.
Ghassen Kharroubi, Ines Cherif, Leila Bouabid, Adel Gharbi, Aicha Boukthir, Nissaf Ben Alaya, Afif Ben Salah, Jihene Bettaieb   +7 more
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Evaluation of the field-protective effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccine among Korean children aged < 5 years during the 2014–2015 and 2015–2016 influenza seasons: a cohort study

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Background: A field effectiveness evaluation of the influenza vaccine among children younger than five years is important due to the high burden of influenza in this age group. The epidemiology of influenza virus changes rapidly each year.
Young Kyung Kang, Hea Lin Oh, Jung Sub Lim, Jun Ah Lee, Yun Kyung Kim, Byung Wook Eun, Dae Sun Jo, Dong Ho Kim   +7 more
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Comparison of Vaccine Acceptance Between COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza Among Women in China: A National Online Survey Based on Health Belief Model

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Influenza could circulate in parallel with COVID-19. Studies focusing on the comparison of vaccine acceptance between COVID-19 and seasonal influenza are lacking.
Liyuan Tao, Ruitong Wang, Jue Liu, Jue Liu, Jue Liu   +4 more
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A Novel Sequence-Based Antigenic Distance Measure for H1N1, with Application to Vaccine Effectiveness and the Selection of Vaccine Strains [PDF]

, 2011
H1N1 influenza causes substantial seasonal illness and was the subtype of the 2009 influenza pandemic. Precise measures of antigenic distance between the vaccine and circulating virus strains help researchers design influenza vaccines with high vaccine ...
Brown, Caton, Daniels, Deem, Donatelli, Ferguson, K. C. Subieta, K. Pan, KEITEL, Lee, M. W. Deem, Nobusawa, Pan, Rambaut, Smith, Wiley, Zaraket   +16 more
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Cell culture-derived flu vaccine: Present and future

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
The benefit of influenza vaccines is difficult to estimate due to the complexity of accurately assessing the burden of influenza. To improve the efficacy of influenza vaccines, vaccine manufacturers have developed quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV ...
Alberto Pérez Rubio, Jose María Eiros
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Immunogenicity and tolerability of an MF59-adjuvanted, egg-derived, A/H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine in children 6-35 months of age [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Vaccines against pandemic A/H1N1 influenza should provide protective immunity in children, because they are at greater risk of disease than adults.
Abarca, Katia, Arora, Ashwani, Della Cioppa, Giovanni, Kieninger-Baum, Dorothee, Knuf, Markus, Lattanzi, Maria, Leroux-Roels, Geert, Pedotti, Paola, Rivera, Luis, Rümke, Hans C   +9 more
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