Preventive effects of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in the elderly – results from a population-based retrospective cohort study

Influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations are recommended in the elderly to reduce life-threatening complications like sepsis. Protection may be reduced with increasing age. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of both vaccines in the elderly by performing a retrospective cohort study of 138,877 indiv...

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Main Authors: Norman Rose, Josephine Storch, Anna Mikolajetz, Thomas Lehmann, Konrad Reinhart, Mathias W Pletz, Christina Forstner, Horst Christian Vollmar, Antje Freytag, Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-06-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1845525