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A typology of beliefs and misperceptions about the influenza disease and vaccine among older adults in Singapore.

open access: yesPLoS 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   +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

open access: yesBalkan 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   +5 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.

open access: yesPLoS 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   +12 more
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Influenza vaccination knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Tunisian elderly with chronic diseases

open access: yesBMC 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   +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

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +4 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

open access: yesHuman 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   +7 more
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Hesitance and Misconceptions about the Annual Influenza Vaccine among the Saudi Population Post-COVID-19

open access: yesVaccines, 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   +7 more
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Cell culture-derived flu vaccine: Present and future

open access: yesHuman 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
doaj   +1 more source

Development and Regulation of Novel Influenza Virus Vaccines: A United States Young Scientist Perspective

open access: yesVaccines, 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
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesHuman 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   +12 more
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