2012-2013 Seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness against influenza hospitalizations: results from the global influenza hospital surveillance network.

BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of currently licensed vaccines against influenza has not been clearly established, especially among individuals at increased risk for complications from influenza. We used a test-negative approach to estimate influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE) against hospitalization...

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Main Authors: Joan Puig-Barberà, Angels Natividad-Sancho, Odile Launay, Elena Burtseva, Meral A Ciblak, Anita Tormos, Amparo Buigues-Vila, Sergio Martínez-Úbeda, Anna Sominina, GIHSN Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4063939?pdf=render