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ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene2016

Available influenza vaccines: immunization strategies, history and new tools for fighting the disease.

I Barberis, M Martini, F Iavarone, A Orsi

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Article in Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Comparative Immunogenicity of Several Enhanced Influenza Vaccine Options for Older Adults: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2020
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  12. The Spanish Influenza Pandemic: a lesson from history 100 years after 1918.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

I BarberisDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy;
M MartiniDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy;
F IavaroneDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy;
A OrsiDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy;; Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy;

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main public health strategy for containing influenza-related disease is annual vaccination, which is recommended for the elderly and others belonging to risk-factor categories, who present the highest morbidity and mortality, as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) Recommendations. The availability of different influenza vaccine formulations makes the choice of the best immunization strategy a challenge for stakeholders and public health experts. Heterogeneity in at-risk categories included in national influenza vaccine recommendations still exists, in particular among European countries. Broader consensus is expected, which should positively impact on influenza vaccination coverage. The availability of quadrivalent vaccines, containing both influenza B lineages, offers the potential to improve protection by overcoming the drawbacks of wrongly predicting which B lineage will predominate in a given year.

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VaccinationConsensusEuropeHumansInfluenza A virusInfluenza B virusInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesPublic HealthRiskInfluenza VaccinesCost-effectivenessImmunization strategiesInfluenza vaccinesQuadrivalent influenza vaccine

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PMID27346939
PMCPMC4910442

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