Access to vaccination among disadvantaged, isolated and difficult-to-reach communities in the WHO European region: a systematic review

W Ekezie, S Awwad, A Krauchenberg, N Karara… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vaccination has a significant impact on morbidity and mortality. High vaccination coverage
rates are required to achieve herd protection against vaccine-preventable diseases …

Burden of influenza in the elderly: a narrative review

A Conrad, F Valour, P Vanhems - Current Opinion in Infectious …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Burden of influenza in the elderly: a narrative review : Current Opinion in Infectious
Diseases Burden of influenza in the elderly: a narrative review : Current Opinion in …

Influenza vaccine uptake among at-risk adults (aged 16–64 years) in the UK: a retrospective database analysis

S Oakley, J Bouchet, P Costello, J Parker - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background In the UK, annual influenza vaccination is currently recommended for adults
aged 16–64 years who are in a clinical at-risk group. Despite recommendations, rates of …

Adult risk groups for vaccine preventable respiratory infections: an overview of the UK environment

C Reynard, J Campling, AL Gordon… - Expert Review of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Vaccine-preventable respiratory infections (VPRI) including those caused by
Streptococcus pneumoniae, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and severe acute …

Evaluating socioeconomic inequalities in influenza vaccine uptake during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cohort study in Greater Manchester, England

RE Watkinson, R Williams, S Gillibrand, L Munford… - Plos …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background There are known socioeconomic inequalities in annual seasonal influenza (flu)
vaccine uptake. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was associated with …

Respiratory syncytial virus–associated hospital admissions by deprivation levels among children and adults in Scotland

R Osei-Yeboah, F Zhu, X Wang, H Nair… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Socioeconomic deprivation may predispose individuals to respiratory tract
infections. We estimated RSV-associated hospitalizations by socioeconomic deprivation in …

COVID-19—What price do children pay? An analysis of economic and social policy factors

S Lange, CM Altrock, E Gossmann, JM Fegert… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Numerous studies have addressed the indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic
for children such as social isolation or increases in reported child maltreatment. Research …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the contribution of respiratory pathogens to acute exacerbations of COPD using routine data

S Sivakumaran, MA Alsallakh, RA Lyons, JK Quint… - Journal of Infection, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives To characterise microbiology testing and results associated with emergency
admissions for acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD), and determine the accuracy of ICD …

Geo-social gradients in predicted COVID-19 prevalence in Great Britain: results from 1 960 242 users of the COVID-19 Symptoms Study app

RCE Bowyer, T Varsavsky, EJ Thompson, CH Sudre… - Thorax, 2021 - thorax.bmj.com
Understanding the geographical distribution of COVID-19 through the general population is
key to the provision of adequate healthcare services. Using self-reported data from 1 960 …

Risk factors associated with outbreaks of seasonal infectious disease in school settings, England, UK

AL Donaldson, JP Harris, R Vivancos… - Epidemiology & …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Children are important transmitters of infection. Within schools they encounter large
numbers of contacts and infections can spread easily causing outbreaks. However, not all …