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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2014

Infants and the seasonal influenza vaccine. A global perspective on safety, effectiveness, and alternate forms of protection.

Leah F Moriarty, Saad B Omer

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 29 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 1 country.

Leah F Moriartya Hubert Department of Global Health; Rollins School of Public Health ; Emory University ; Atlanta , GA USA.
Saad B Omer
AID Atlanta · USEmory University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seasonal influenza is a substantial cause of severe illness among infants under 6 months of age globally. There are multiple methods of vaccination against influenza, including inactivated and live vaccines that are approved and recommended for children and adults over 6 months of age, but there is no vaccine that protects against seasonal influenza for children <6 months of age. This group is at a high risk of severe illness and is associated with higher rates of hospitalization and mortality during the influenza season. In absence of an available vaccine, approaches protecting young infants from influenza must be taken seriously. These methods include vaccinating pregnant women for influenza as a method of protecting mothers and the fetus as well as vaccinating caregivers and close contacts of individuals in this age group.

Indexed as

AdultDisease Transmission, InfectiousFemaleHumansInfantInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesPregnancyVaccinationInfluenza Vaccinescocooningmaternal antibodiesmaternal immunizationseasonal influenzayoung infants

Identifiers

PMID25483664
PMCPMC5283389
OpenAlexW1545623267

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