Early seasonal influenza vaccination and delayed influenza peaks – A possible cause of end-of-season outbreaks

Early seasonal influenza vaccination and delayed influenza peaks – A possible cause of end-of-season outbreaks

•Intra-seasonal waning of influenza vaccine-induced immunity is now well-recognised.•Late seasonal influenza incidence is regular and predictable in some populations.•Despite a good vaccine match this may lead to end-of-season influenza outbreaks.•Later-in-the-season influenza immunisation may reduc...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of infection 2018-01, Vol.76 (1), p.96-98
Hauptverfasser: Tang, Julian W., Mutuyimana, Juliette, Teo, Kah Wee, Lea, Sarah, Galiano, Monica, Lackenby, Angie, Donaghy, Bernadette, Blount, Janice, Ellis, Joanna, Range, Simon
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Immunity
Incidence
Influenza
Influenza Vaccines - immunology
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
Late
Seasonal
Seasons
Vaccination
Vaccine
Waning
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Zusammenfassung:•Intra-seasonal waning of influenza vaccine-induced immunity is now well-recognised.•Late seasonal influenza incidence is regular and predictable in some populations.•Despite a good vaccine match this may lead to end-of-season influenza outbreaks.•Later-in-the-season influenza immunisation may reduce outbreaks in such populations.
ISSN:0163-4453
1532-2742
DOI:10.1016/j.jinf.2017.08.002