Is influenza-like illness a useful concept and an appropriate test of influenza vaccine effectiveness?

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 2143-2149

  Thomas, Roger E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Influenza like illness; Outcome measure; Sensitivity; Specificity; Vaccine effectiveness

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADENOVIRUS; ARTHRALGIA; ASTHENIA; CHILL; COMMON COLD; CORONAVIRUS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A RAPID TEST; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PICORNAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; RHINOVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VIRUS CULTURE;

INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS; OUTCOME MEASURE; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY; VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84897115441     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.02.059     Document Type: Review

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