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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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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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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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Hesitance and Misconceptions about the Annual Influenza Vaccine among the Saudi Population Post-COVID-19

Vaccines, 2023
(1) Background: Vaccination is a cornerstone of public health strategy for mitigating the morbidity and mortality associated with seasonal influenza. However, vaccine hesitancy and misconceptions pose significant barriers to this effort, particularly in ...
Baraa Alghalyini, Tala Garatli, Reela Hamoor, Linda Ibrahim, Yara Elmehallawy, Dima Hamze, Zain Abbara, Abdul Rehman Zia Zaidi   +7 more
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Development and Regulation of Novel Influenza Virus Vaccines: A United States Young Scientist Perspective

Vaccines, 2018
Vaccination against influenza is the most effective approach for reducing influenza morbidity and mortality. However, influenza vaccines are unique among all licensed vaccines as they are updated and administered annually to antigenically match the ...
Surender Khurana
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Vaccine hesitancy and influenza beliefs among parents of children requiring a second dose of influenza vaccine in a season: An American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) study

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020
To receive adequate protection against influenza, some children 6 months through 8 y old need two doses of influenza vaccine in a given season. Currently, only half of those receiving the first dose receive a second.
Ekaterina Nekrasova, Melissa S. Stockwell, Russell Localio, Justine Shults, Chelsea Wynn, Laura P. Shone, Lindsay Berrigan, Chelsea Kolff, Miranda Griffith, Andrew Johnson, Alessandra Torres, Douglas J. Opel, Alexander G. Fiks   +12 more
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The Usage of Influenza Vaccine to Prevent Seasonal Influenza during Pandemic COVID-19

Magna Medika, 2021
Influenza is an acute respiratory disease caused by influenza virus. Influenza can affect million people in every year and causing morbidity. Some of cases can be severe and need hospitalized, especially in elderly people.
Yelvi Levani, Ayu Lidya Paramita
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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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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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