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Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination and Early Antiviral Treatment in Reducing Pneumonia Risk in Severe Influenza Cases.

Pere Godoy, Núria Soldevila, Ana Martínez, Sofia Godoy, Mireia Jané, Nuria Torner, Lesly Acosta, Cristina Rius, Àngela Domínguez, The Surveillance Of Hospitalized Cases Of Severe Influenza In Catalonia Working Group

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Article in Vaccines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Pere GodoyInstitut de Recerca Biomédica de Lleida (IRBLleida), Universitat de Lleida, 25006 Lleida, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2896-7286
Núria SoldevilaCIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1353-5325
Ana MartínezCIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Sofia GodoyInstitut de Recerca Biomédica de Lleida (IRBLleida), Universitat de Lleida, 25006 Lleida, Spain.
Mireia JanéCIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Nuria TornerCIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0143-5295
Lesly AcostaAgència de Salut Pública de Catalunya, 08005 Barcelona, Spain.
Cristina RiusCIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Àngela DomínguezCIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0219-1907
The Surveillance Of Hospitalized Cases Of Severe Influenza In Catalonia Working Group
Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya · ESCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública · ESUniversitat de Lleida · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionInfluenza vaccination may be effective in preventing influenza infection and may reduce the risk of influenza-associated pneumonia. The study aim was to evaluate the effect of influenza vaccination in preventing pneumonia when it failed to prevent influenza hospitalization.

methodsThis was a case-control study comparing hospitalized cases of influenza with and without pneumonia in patients aged ≥18 years in 16 hospitals in Catalonia over 10 influenza seasons (2010-11 to 2019-20). Data on sociodemographic, virological characteristics, comorbidities, vaccination history, and antiviral treatment were collected and analysed. The crude odds ratio (OR) and adjusted OR (aOR) with the corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) values were calculated.

resultsIn total, 5080 patients hospitalized for severe influenza were included, 63.5% (3224/5080) of whom had pneumonia-mostly men (56.8%; 1830/3224) and mostly in the ≥75 age group (39.3%; 1267/3224)-and of whom 14.0% died (451/3224). Virus A and virus B accounted for 78.1% (2518/3224) and 21.9% (705/3224) of influenza types, respectively. Starting antiviral treatment ≤48 h after symptom onset (aOR = 0.69; 95%CI: 0.53-0.90) and a history of seasonal influenza vaccination (aOR = 0.85; 95%CI: 0.72-0.98) were protective factors in developing pneumonia.

conclusionsAdherence to seasonal influenza vaccination and starting antiviral treatment within 48 h of symptom onset can reduce pneumonia risk in severe influenza cases.

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antiviral treatmentinfluenzapneumoniavaccination

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PMID38400156
PMCPMC10891622
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