Application of the screening method to monitor influenza vaccine effectiveness among the elderly in Germany

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Remschmidt, Cornelius ^a   Rieck, Thorsten ^a,b   Bödeker, Birte ^a   Wichmann, Ole ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly; Influenza; Screening method; Vaccine effectiveness

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SEASONAL VARIATION; VACCINE FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, IMMUNOLOGIC; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925334700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0882-3     Document Type: Article

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