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ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2018

Are we prepared for emerging flaviviruses in Europe? Challenges for vaccination.

Patricia Kaaijk, Willem Luytjes

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Article in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

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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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Targeting the protease of West Nile virus.RSC medicinal chemistry · 2021
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Patricia Kaaijka Department Clinical Immunology, Centre for Infectious Disease Control , National institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) , Bilthoven , Netherlands.
Willem Luytjesa Department Clinical Immunology, Centre for Infectious Disease Control , National institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) , Bilthoven , Netherlands.
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tick-borne encephalitis and West Nile fever are endemic flavivirus diseases in Europe. Climate change, virus evolution, and social factors may increase the risk of these flavivirus infections and may lead to the emergence of other flaviviruses in Europe that are endemic in (sub)tropical regions of the world. Control of the spread of flaviviruses is very difficult considering the cycling of flaviviruses between arthropod vectors and animal reservoir hosts. The increasing threat of flavivirus infections emphasizes the necessity of a sustainable vector surveillance system, an active animal health surveillance system and an adequate human surveillance system for early detection of flavivirus infections. Vaccination is the most important approach to prevent flavivirus infections. Effective inactivated whole virus vaccines against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) infection are available. Implementation of TBE vaccination based on favorable cost-effectiveness estimates per region and per target group can reduce the disease burden of TBE infection. At present, several West Nile virus (WNV) vaccine candidates are in various stages of clinical development. A major challenge for WNV vaccine candidates is to demonstrate efficacy, because of the sporadic nature of unpredictable WNV outbreaks. Universal WNV vaccination is unlikely to be cost-effective, vaccination of high-risk groups will be most appropriate to protect against WNV infections.

Indexed as

Communicable Diseases, EmergingDisease NotificationEuropeFlavivirus InfectionsHumansPopulation SurveillanceRisk FactorsVaccinationViral VaccinesViral VaccinesepidemiologyflavivirussurveillanceTBE vaccinestick-borne encephalitisvaccination strategyWest Nile feverWNV vaccine development

Identifiers

PMID29053401
PMCPMC5806644
OpenAlexW2765506128

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