The Importance of COVID-19/Influenza Vaccines Co-Administration: An Essential Public Health Tool
Vaccine co-administration is an important tool with several advantages for public health, among which is the increase of vaccination coverage, as well as economic and logistical benefits. The purpose of this study was to assess and compare the immune response to the COVID-19 first booster dose in he...
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| author | Roberto Venuto Ioselita Giunta Rosaria Cortese Federica Denaro Giuseppe Pantò Antonino Privitera Smeralda D’Amato Cristina Genovese Vincenza La Fauci Francesco Fedele Concetta Ceccio Raffaele Squeri Alessio Facciolà |
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| description | Vaccine co-administration is an important tool with several advantages for public health, among which is the increase of vaccination coverage, as well as economic and logistical benefits. The purpose of this study was to assess and compare the immune response to the COVID-19 first booster dose in healthcare workers (HCWs) who chose co-administration and in HCWs who received only COVID-19 vaccination and to investigate personal opinions about the experience of co-administration. We carried out a retrospective analysis involving two groups of HCWs, both vaccinated with the complete primary cycle and the first booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but one of them was also vaccinated, at the same time as the first booster dose, with the influenza vaccine. Active phone calls were also performed, and specific questions about the onset of side effects and general opinions were asked. A good immune response was found in both two groups without any statistically significant difference in the immune response. No severe reactions occurred in either group. A greater part of the sample was completely satisfied, and they would do it again. Our findings are totally in favor of the co-administration, considering the many positive aspects provided by administering, at the same time, more vaccines. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-70ee24975a174083992184c7fe47cf292023-11-24T15:18:20ZengMDPI AGInfectious Disease Reports2036-74492022-12-0114698799510.3390/idr14060098The Importance of COVID-19/Influenza Vaccines Co-Administration: An Essential Public Health ToolRoberto Venuto0Ioselita Giunta1Rosaria Cortese2Federica Denaro3Giuseppe Pantò4Antonino Privitera5Smeralda D’Amato6Cristina Genovese7Vincenza La Fauci8Francesco Fedele9Concetta Ceccio10Raffaele Squeri11Alessio Facciolà12Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, ItalyVaccine co-administration is an important tool with several advantages for public health, among which is the increase of vaccination coverage, as well as economic and logistical benefits. The purpose of this study was to assess and compare the immune response to the COVID-19 first booster dose in healthcare workers (HCWs) who chose co-administration and in HCWs who received only COVID-19 vaccination and to investigate personal opinions about the experience of co-administration. We carried out a retrospective analysis involving two groups of HCWs, both vaccinated with the complete primary cycle and the first booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but one of them was also vaccinated, at the same time as the first booster dose, with the influenza vaccine. Active phone calls were also performed, and specific questions about the onset of side effects and general opinions were asked. A good immune response was found in both two groups without any statistically significant difference in the immune response. No severe reactions occurred in either group. A greater part of the sample was completely satisfied, and they would do it again. Our findings are totally in favor of the co-administration, considering the many positive aspects provided by administering, at the same time, more vaccines.https://www.mdpi.com/2036-7449/14/6/98vaccine co-administrationCOVID-19influenza |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Venuto Ioselita Giunta Rosaria Cortese Federica Denaro Giuseppe Pantò Antonino Privitera Smeralda D’Amato Cristina Genovese Vincenza La Fauci Francesco Fedele Concetta Ceccio Raffaele Squeri Alessio Facciolà The Importance of COVID-19/Influenza Vaccines Co-Administration: An Essential Public Health Tool Infectious Disease Reports vaccine co-administration COVID-19 influenza |
| title | The Importance of COVID-19/Influenza Vaccines Co-Administration: An Essential Public Health Tool |
| title_full | The Importance of COVID-19/Influenza Vaccines Co-Administration: An Essential Public Health Tool |
| title_fullStr | The Importance of COVID-19/Influenza Vaccines Co-Administration: An Essential Public Health Tool |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Importance of COVID-19/Influenza Vaccines Co-Administration: An Essential Public Health Tool |
| title_short | The Importance of COVID-19/Influenza Vaccines Co-Administration: An Essential Public Health Tool |
| title_sort | importance of covid 19 influenza vaccines co administration an essential public health tool |
| topic | vaccine co-administration COVID-19 influenza |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2036-7449/14/6/98 |
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