Repeated annual influenza vaccination and vaccine effectiveness: review of evidence

EA Belongia, DM Skowronski, HQ McLean… - Expert review of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Studies in the 1970s and 1980s signaled concern that repeated influenza
vaccination could affect vaccine protection. The antigenic distance hypothesis provided a …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: The impact of repeated vaccination on influenza vaccine effectiveness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LC Ramsay, SA Buchan, RG Stirling, BJ Cowling… - BMC medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Conflicting results regarding the impact of repeated vaccination on influenza
vaccine effectiveness (VE) may cause confusion regarding the benefits of receiving the …

Serial vaccination and the antigenic distance hypothesis: effects on influenza vaccine effectiveness during A (H3N2) epidemics in Canada, 2010–2011 to 2014–2015

DM Skowronski, C Chambers… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. The antigenic distance hypothesis (ADH) predicts that negative interference
from prior season's influenza vaccine (v1) on the current season's vaccine (v2) protection …

Beyond antigenic match: possible agent-host and immuno-epidemiological influences on influenza vaccine effectiveness during the 2015–2016 season in Canada

DM Skowronski, C Chambers… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates for 2015–2016 seasonal influenza
vaccine are reported from Canada's Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN). This …

[HTML][HTML] Influenza vaccination of healthcare workers: critical analysis of the evidence for patient benefit underpinning policies of enforcement

G De Serres, DM Skowronski, BJ Ward, M Gardam… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Four cluster randomized controlled trials (cRCTs) conducted in long-term care
facilities (LTCFs) have reported reductions in patient risk through increased healthcare …

[HTML][HTML] Negative impact of prior influenza vaccination on current influenza vaccination among people infected and not infected in prior season: A test-negative case …

N Saito, K Komori, M Suzuki, K Morimoto, T Kishikawa… - Vaccine, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Accumulating evidences indicate that repeated influenza vaccination has
negative impact on the vaccine effectiveness (VE). However no published studies …

Effect of repeated vaccination with the same vaccine component against 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus

I Martínez-Baz, I Casado, A Navascués… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. The 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)(A [H1N1] pdm09) vaccine component
has remained unchanged from 2009. We estimate the effectiveness of current and prior …

Influenza and other respiratory viruses: standardizing disease severity in surveillance and clinical trials

B Rath, T Conrad, P Myles, M Alchikh… - Expert Review of Anti …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Influenza-Like Illness is a leading cause of hospitalization in
children. Disease burden due to influenza and other respiratory viral infections is reported …

The household influenza vaccine effectiveness study: lack of antibody response and protection following receipt of 2014–2015 influenza vaccine

JG Petrie, RE Malosh, CK Cheng… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Antigenically drifted A (H3N2) viruses circulated extensively during the
2014–2015 influenza season. Vaccine effectiveness (VE) was low and not significant among …

Age-related differences in influenza B infection by lineage in a community-based sentinel system, 2010–2011 to 2015–2016, Canada

DM Skowronski, C Chambers… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Age-related differences in influenza B lineage detection were explored in the community-
based Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) from 2010–2011 to …