Live attenuated influenza vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation due to laboratory-confirmed influenza in children two to six years of age in England in the 2015/16 season

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Pebody, Richard ^a   Sile, B ^a   Warburton, F ^a   Sinnathamby, M ^a   Tsang, C ^a   Zhao, H ^a   Ellis, J ^a   Andrews, N ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EGG ALLERGY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SEASON; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LABORATORIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEASONS; VACCINATION; VACCINE POTENCY; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 85011599955     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.4.30450     Document Type: Article

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