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ArticleClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2019

Intraseason Waning of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness.

G Thomas Ray, Ned Lewis, Nicola P Klein, Matthew F Daley, Shirley V Wang, Martin Kulldorff, Bruce Fireman

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Article in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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74 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 117 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

G Thomas RayKaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center and Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region, Oakland, California.
Ned LewisKaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center and Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region, Oakland, California.
Nicola P KleinKaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center and Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region, Oakland, California.
Matthew F DaleyInstitute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver.
Shirley V WangDivision of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Martin KulldorffDivision of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Bruce FiremanKaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center and Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region, Oakland, California.
Kaiser Permanente · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Methods for Safety Evaluation of Vaccination SchedulesR01AI107721 · NIAID · HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE, INC. · PI KULLDORFF, MARTIN · 2014 to 2017
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI107721
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn the United States, it is recommended that healthcare providers offer influenza vaccination by October, if possible. However, if the vaccine's effectiveness soon begins to wane, the optimal time for vaccination may be somewhat later. We examined whether the effectiveness of influenza vaccine wanes during the influenza season with increasing time since vaccination.

methodsWe identified persons who were vaccinated with inactivated influenza vaccine from 1 September 2010 to 31 March 2017 and who were subsequently tested for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) by a polymerase chain reaction test. Test-confirmed influenza was the primary outcome and days-since-vaccination was the predictor of interest in conditional logistic regression. Models were adjusted for age and conditioned on calendar day and geographic area. RSV was used as a negative-control outcome.

resultsCompared with persons vaccinated 14 to 41 days prior to being tested, persons vaccinated 42 to 69 days prior to being tested had 1.32 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.11 to 1.55) times the odds of testing positive for any influenza. The odds ratio (OR) increased linearly by approximately 16% for each additional 28 days since vaccination. The OR was 2.06 (95% CI, 1.69 to 2.51) for persons vaccinated 154 or more days prior to being tested. No evidence of waning was found for RSV.

conclusionsOur results suggest that effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine wanes during the course of a single season. These results may lead to reconsideration of the optimal timing of seasonal influenza vaccination.

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Vaccine PotencyAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolData Interpretation, StatisticalFemaleHumansInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioOrthomyxoviridaeInfluenza VaccinesVaccines, Inactivatedinfluenzanegative-control outcomevaccine effectivenesswaning

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PMCPMC7182205
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