Vaccine effectiveness against severe laboratory-confirmed influenza in children: Results of two consecutive seasons in Italy

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 4466-4470

  Menniti Ippolito, Francesca ^a   Da Cas, Roberto ^a   Traversa, Giuseppe ^a   Santuccio, Carmela ^b   Felicetti, Patrizia ^b   Tartaglia, Loriana ^b   Trotta, Francesco ^b   Di Pietro, Pasquale ^c   Barabino, Paola ^c   Renna, Salvatore ^c   Riceputi, Laura ^c   Tovo, Pier Angelo ^d   Gabiano, Clara ^d   Urbino, Antonio ^d   Baroero, Luca ^d   Le Serre, Daniele ^d   Virano, Silvia ^d   Perilongo, Giorgio ^e   Daverio, Marco ^e   Gnoato, Elisa ^e   Maretti, Michela ^e   Galeazzo, Beatrice ^e   Rubin, Giulia ^e   Scanferla, Stefania ^e   Da Dalt, Liviana ^f   Stefani, Chiara ^f   Zerbinati, Claudia ^f   Chiappini, Elena ^g   Sollai, Sara ^g   De Martino, Maurizio ^g   Mannelli, Francesco ^g   Becciani, Sabrina ^g   Giacalone, Martina ^g   Montano, Simona ^g   Remaschi, Giulia ^g   Stival, Alessia ^g   Furbetta, Mario ^h   Abate, Piera ^h   Leonardi, Ilaria ^h   Pirozzi, Nicola ⁱ   Raucci, Umberto ⁱ   Reale, Antonino ⁱ   Rossi, Rossella ⁱ   Russo, Cristina ⁱ   Mancinelli, Livia ⁱ   Manuela, Onori ⁱ   Carlo, Concato ⁱ   Mores, Nadia ^j   Romagnoli, Costantino ^j   Chiaretti, Antonio ^j   Compagnone, Adele ^j   Riccardi, Riccardo ^j   Delogu, Giovanni ^j   Sali, Michela ^j   Prete, Valentina ^j   Tipo, Vincenzo ^k   Dinardo, Michele ^k   Auricchio, Fabiana ^k   Polimeno, Teodoro ^k   Sodano, Giuseppe ^k   Maccariello, Alessandra ^l   Rafaniello, Concita ^l   Fucà, Fortunata ^m   Di Rosa, Eleonora ^m   Altavilla, Domenica ⁿ   Mecchio, Anna ⁿ   Arrigo, Teresa ⁿ   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN MEDICINES AGENCY   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d Regina Margherita Paediatric Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f Treviso Hospital   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^h University Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^k SANTOBONO PAUSILIPON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^m Di Cristina Hospital   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Case control study; Children; Influenza vaccine effectiveness; Laboratory confirmed cases

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904391405     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.06.048     Document Type: Article

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