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ArticleInfluenza and other respiratory viruses2024

Interim 2023/2024 Season Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Primary and Secondary Care in the United Kingdom.

Heather Whitaker, Beth Findlay, Jana Zitha, Rosalind Goudie, Katie Hassell, Josie Evans, Panoraia Kalapotharakou, Utkarsh Agrawal, Beatrix Kele, Mark Hamilton and 21 more

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Article in Influenza and other respiratory viruses, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 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

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

31 authors.

Heather WhitakerStatistics, Modelling and Economics Department, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5833-1863
Beth FindlayClinical and Protecting Health, Public Health Scotland, Glasgow, UK.
Jana ZithaPublic Health Wales Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre and Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5561-1739
Rosalind GoudieNuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Katie HassellImmunisation and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
Josie EvansClinical and Protecting Health, Public Health Scotland, Glasgow, UK.
Panoraia KalapotharakouPublic Health Wales Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre and Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK.
Utkarsh AgrawalNuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Beatrix KeleRespiratory Virus Unit, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1273-7299
Mark HamiltonClinical and Protecting Health, Public Health Scotland, Glasgow, UK.
Catherine MooreWales Specialist Virology Centre, Public Health Wales Microbiology, Cardiff, UHW, Cardiff, UK.
Rachel ByfordNuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Julia StoweImmunisation and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
Chris RobertsonClinical and Protecting Health, Public Health Scotland, Glasgow, UK.
Anastasia CouzensWales Specialist Virology Centre, Public Health Wales Microbiology, Cardiff, UHW, Cardiff, UK.
Gavin JamieNuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9147-7784
Katja HoschlerRespiratory Virus Unit, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
Kathleen PheasantWales Specialist Virology Centre, Public Health Wales Microbiology, Cardiff, UHW, Cardiff, UK.
Elizabeth ButtonNuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Catherine QuinotImmunisation and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
Tim JonesWales Specialist Virology Centre, Public Health Wales Microbiology, Cardiff, UHW, Cardiff, UK.
Sneha AnandNuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Conall WatsonImmunisation and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
Nick AndrewsImmunisation and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
Simon de LusignanNuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Maria ZambonRespiratory Virus Unit, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
Christopher WilliamsPublic Health Wales Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK.
Simon CottrellPublic Health Wales Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre and Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK.
Kimberly MarshClinical and Protecting Health, Public Health Scotland, Glasgow, UK.
Jim McMenaminClinical and Protecting Health, Public Health Scotland, Glasgow, UK.
Jamie Lopez BernalImmunisation and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.

Funding

UK Health Security Agency, Public Health Scotland and Public Health Wales
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe report 2023/2024 season interim influenza vaccine effectiveness for three studies, namely, primary care in Great Britain, hospital settings in Scotland and hospital settings in England.

methodsA test negative design was used to estimate vaccine effectiveness.

resultsEstimated vaccine effectiveness against all influenzas ranged from 63% (95% confidence interval 46 to 75%) to 65% (41 to 79%) among children aged 2-17, from 36% (20 to 49%) to 55% (43 to 65%) among adults 18-64 and from 40% (29 to 50%) to 55% (32 to 70%) among adults aged 65 and over.

conclusionsDuring a period of co-circulation of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2) in the United Kingdom, evidence for effectiveness of the influenza vaccine in both children and adults was found.

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Influenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza A Virus, H3N2 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesPrimary Health CareSecondary Health CareAdolescentAdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSeasonsInfluenza Vaccineseffectivenesshospitalisationinfluenzavaccine

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PMID38773753
PMCPMC11109477

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