Seasonal influenza vaccine policy, use and effectiveness in the tropics and subtropics – a systematic literature review

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 254-267

  Hirve, Siddhivinayak ^a   Lambach, Philipp ^a   Paget, John ^b   Vandemaele, Katelijn ^a   Fitzner, Julia ^a   Zhang, Wenqing ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Influenza vaccines; policy; treatment effectiveness

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG USE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBTROPICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

EID: 84975215530     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12374     Document Type: Review

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