Background Conflicting results regarding the impact of repeated vaccination on influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) may cause confusion regarding the benefits of receiving the …
In 2017, influenza seasonal activity was high in the southern hemisphere. We present interim influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates from Australia. Adjusted VE was low …
Using a test-negative design, the Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) assessed interim 2016/17 influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) against dominant …
I Martínez-Baz, M Fernández-Huerta, A Navascués… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
We estimated influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE) in preventing outpatient and hospitalized cases in the 2022–2023 season. A test-negative design included a representative sample of …
We compared 2019 influenza seasonality and vaccine effectiveness (VE) in four southern hemisphere countries: Australia, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa. Influenza seasons …
S Feng, BJ Cowling, H Kelly… - American journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
One important assumption in case-control studies is that control selection should be independent of exposure. Nevertheless, it has been hypothesized that virus interference …
MP Hergens, U Baum, M Brytting, N Ikonen… - …, 2017 - eurosurveillance.org
Systems for register-based monitoring of vaccine effectiveness (VE) against laboratory- confirmed influenza (LCI) in real time were set up in Stockholm County, Sweden, and …
The test-negative design (TND) has become a standard approach for vaccine effectiveness (VE) studies. However, previous studies suggested that it may be more vulnerable than …
SS Chiu, MYW Kwan, S Feng, JSC Wong… - …, 2018 - eurosurveillance.org
We conducted a hospital-based test-negative study in Hong Kong to estimate influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) for the winter of 2017/18. The interim analysis included data on …