The potential effect of temporary immunity as a result of bias associated with healthy users and social determinants on observations of influenza vaccine effectiveness; Could unmeasured confounding explain observed links between seasonal influenza vaccine and pandemic H1N1 infection?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Crowcroft, Natasha S ^a,b,c,d   Rosella, Laura C ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confounding; Epidemiology; Influenza; Influenza vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; PANDEMIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84862331224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-458     Document Type: Article

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