Statins and influenza: can we move forward?

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.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Skin immunization by microneedle patch overcomes statin-induced suppression of immune responses to influenza vaccine.Scientific reports · 2017
   Article
2. Neuraminidase inhibitors, superinfection and corticosteroids affect survival of influenza patients.The European respiratory journal · 2015
   Observational
3. Lipids in innate antiviral defense.Cell host & microbe · 2013
   Review
4. Human H5N1 influenza infections in Cambodia 2005-2011: case series and cost-of-illness.BMC public health · 2013
   Article
5. The controversy over H5N1 transmissibility research: an opportunity to define a practical response to a global threat.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2013
   Review
6. Effect of statin treatments on highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, seasonal and H1N1pdm09 virus infections in BALB/c mice.Future virology · 2012
   Article

Corrections and comments

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  Efficacy and safety of the neuraminidase inhibitor zanamivirin the treatment of influenza A and B virus infections.1999
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  Randomized, double-blind controlled phase 3 trial comparing the immunogenicity of high-dose and standard-dose influenza vaccine in adults 65 years of age and older.2009
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  Circulating influenza virus, climatic factors, and acute myocardial infarction: a time series study in England and Wales and Hong Kong.2011
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  Association between use of statins and mortality among patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infections: a multistate study.2012

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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