Estimating the influenza vaccine effectiveness against medically attended influenza in clinical settings: a hospital-based case-control study with a rapid diagnostic test in Japan.

<h4>Background</h4>Influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) studies are usually conducted by specialized agencies and require time and resources. The objective of this study was to estimate the influenza VE against medically attended influenza using a test-negative case-control design with r...

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Main Authors: Motoi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Yoshimine, Yoshitaka Harada, Naho Tsuchiya, Ikumi Shimada, Koya Ariyoshi, Kenichiro Inoue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23326324/pdf/?tool=EBI