Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19768417›Full record

ReviewCurrent topics in microbiology and immunology2009

Immunosenescence and influenza vaccine efficacy.

Suryaprakash Sambhara, Janet E McElhaney

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Review in Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed
33.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Suryaprakash SambharaInfluenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. ssambhara@cdc.gov
Janet E McElhaney
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A number of protective immune functions decline with age along with physiological and anatomical changes, contributing to the increased susceptibility of older adults to infectious diseases and suboptimal protective immune responses to vaccination. Influenza vaccination is the most cost-effective strategy to prevent complications from influenza viral infections; however, the immunogenicity and effectiveness of currently licensed vaccines in the United States is about 30-50% in preventing complications arising from influenza and preventing death from all causes during winter months in older adults. Hence, it is crucial to understand the molecular mechanisms that lead to immune dysfunction as a function of age so that appropriate strategies can be developed to enhance the disease resistance and immunogenicity of preventive vaccines, including influenza vaccines, for the older adult population.

Indexed as

AgedAgingAntibody FormationAntigen-Presenting CellsHumansImmunity, CellularImmunity, InnateImmunization, PassiveInfluenza VaccinesVaccinationInfluenza Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID19768417
PMCPMC7121450
OpenAlexW75438903

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