Preschool-located influenza vaccination and influenza-like illness surveillance: an Italian pilot experience

Preschool-located influenza vaccination and influenza-like illness surveillance: an Italian pilot experience

Abstract Background We describe the first school-located influenza vaccination campaign with quadrivalent live-attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) among pre-school children in Italy, coupled with an innovative school-centred influenza-like illnesses (ILIs) surveillance using a self-sampling non-inva...

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Main Authors: Antonella Amendola, Elisa Borghi, Silvia Bianchi, Maria Gori, Clara Fappani, Lucia Barcellini, Federica Forlanini, Nicolò Garancini, Chiara Nava, Alessandra Mari, Anna Sala, Chiara Gasparini, Emerenziana Ottaviano, Daniela Colzani, Elia Mario Biganzoli, Elisabetta Tanzi, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-07-01
Series:Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Subjects:
Children
School-located vaccination
Live-attenuated influenza vaccination
Self-sampling
Saliva
Health equity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-023-01481-0

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