Covid-19: perspectives on innate immune evasion

N Taefehshokr, S Taefehshokr, N Hemmat… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The ongoing outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 infection achieved pandemic status on
March 11, 2020. As of September 8, 2020 it has caused over 890,000 mortalities world-wide …

Potential effects of vaccinations on the prevention of COVID-19: rationale, clinical evidence, risks, and public health considerations

J Sultana, G Mazzaglia, N Luxi… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), has quickly spread around the world …

Inactivated trivalent influenza vaccination is associated with lower mortality among patients with COVID-19 in Brazil

G Fink, N Orlova-Fink, T Schindler, S Grisi… - BMJ evidence-based …, 2021 - ebm.bmj.com
Objective To estimate associations between trivalent influenza vaccination and COVID-19
mortality as well as severe clinical outcomes among hospitalised patients. Design …

Induction of trained immunity by influenza vaccination-impact on COVID-19

PA Debisarun, KL Gössling, O Bulut, G Kilic… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Non-specific protective effects of certain vaccines have been reported, and long-term
boosting of innate immunity, termed trained immunity, has been proposed as one of the …

Relationship between influenza vaccination coverage rate and COVID-19 outbreak: an Italian ecological study

M Amato, JP Werba, B Frigerio, D Coggi, D Sansaro… - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: The lack of specific vaccines or drugs against coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) warrants studies focusing on alternative clinical approaches to reduce the …

Obesity increases the severity and mortality of influenza and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

X Zhao, X Gang, G He, Z Li, Y Lv, Q Han… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Since December 2019, COVID-19 has aroused global attention. Studies show the link
between obesity and severe outcome of influenza and COVID-19. Thus, we aimed to …

Effect of influenza vaccine on COVID-19 mortality: a retrospective study

M Candelli, G Pignataro, E Torelli, A Gullì… - Internal and emergency …, 2021 - Springer
It has been proposed that vaccines may exert an unspecific protective effect against
infectious agents, different than expected. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the influenza vaccine on COVID-19 infection rates and severity

A Conlon, C Ashur, L Washer, KA Eagle… - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background With a unique influenza season occurring in the midst of a pandemic, there is
interest in assessing the role of the influenza vaccine in COVID-19 susceptibility and …

Examining the potential benefits of the influenza vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: A retrospective cohort analysis of 74,754 patients

SM Taghioff, BR Slavin, T Holton, D Singh - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Recently, several single center studies have suggested a protective effect of the
influenza vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

The association between influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations and SARS-Cov-2 infection: data from the EPICOVID19 web-based survey

M Noale, C Trevisan, S Maggi, R Antonelli Incalzi… - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The present study aims to evaluate whether influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations are
associated with positive nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) testing to detect SARS-CoV-2. Data …