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Vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in adults aged 6...
Kissling, Esther; Hooiveld, Mariette; Sandonis Martín, Virginia; Martínez-Baz, Iván; William, Naoma; Vilcu, Ana-Maria; Mazagatos, Clara; Domegan, LisaThe I-MOVE-COVID-19 network collates epidemiological and clinical information on patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virological characterisation in 11 European countries [1]. One component of I-MOVE-COVID-19 is the multicentre vaccine effectiveness (VE) study at primary care/outpatient level in nine European study sites in eight c...
Measuring the impact of influenza vaccination programmes among the elderly popu...
Mazagatos, Clara; Machado, Ausenda; Dijkstra, Frederika; Kissling, Esther; Larrauri, Amparo; Kislaya, Irina; van Gageldonk-Lafeber, RianneMeasuring the number of influenza-associated events prevented by influenza vaccination among the elderly in the European Union would allow a better understanding of the overall impact of influenza vaccination programmes, particularly in seasons with low influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE). This study measured the number of medically attended influenza-confirmed cases in primary care (MAICC) among those ≥65 ye...
Low 2016/17 season vaccine effectiveness against hospitalised influenza A(H3N2)...
Rondy, Marc; Gherasim, Alin; Casado, Itziar; Launay, Odile; Rizzo, Caterina; Pitigoi, Daniela; Mickiene, Aukse; Marbus, Sierk D; Machado, AusendaIn a multicentre European hospital study we measured influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE) against A(H3N2) in 2016/17. Adjusted IVE was 17% (95% confidence interval (CI): 1 to 31) overall; 25% (95% CI: 2 to 43) among 65-79-year-olds and 13% (95% CI: -15 to 30) among those ≥ 80 years. As the A(H3N2) vaccine component has not changed for 2017/18, physicians and public health experts should be aware that IVE could...
2015/16 seasonal vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation with influenza A...
Rondy, Marc; Larrauri, Amparo; Casado, Itziar; Alfonsi, Valeria; Pitigoi, Daniela; Launay, Odile; Syrjänen, Ritva K; Gefenaite, Giedre; Machado, AusendaWe conducted a multicentre test-negative case-control study in 27 hospitals of 11 European countries to measure 2015/16 influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE) against hospitalised influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and B among people aged ≥ 65 years. Patients swabbed within 7 days after onset of symptoms compatible with severe acute respiratory infection were included. Information on demographics, vaccination and underlying...