Moderate influenza vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus and low effectiveness against A(H3N2) virus among older adults during 2013–2014 influenza season in Beijing, China

Moderate influenza vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus and low effectiveness against A(H3N2) virus among older adults during 2013–2014 influenza season in Beijing, China

Background: Since 2007, trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine has been provided free-of-charge to older adults aged ≥60 years in Beijing, China, but the data regarding influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) among these people are very limited so far. We sought to estimate influenza VE against medica...

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Main Authors: Li Zhang, Yang Pan, Chunna Ma, Wei Duan, Ying Sun, Shuangsheng Wu, Man Zhang, Yi Tian, Yang Zheng, Peng Yang, Quanyi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-06-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Subjects:
china
effectiveness
elderly
influenza
test-negative design
vaccination
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1441655

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1441655

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