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ReviewThe Journal of experimental medicine2025

Vaccination against influenza viruses annually: Renewing or narrowing the protective shield?

Hanover C Matz, Ali H Ellebedy

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Review in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Hanover C MatzDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0669-1696
Ali H EllebedyDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6129-2532

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Annual vaccines are recommended for the seasonal influenza virus. While yearly updates to the vaccine are necessary due to the constant evolution of influenza viruses, some studies have suggested repeat vaccination may result in a reduction in vaccine effectiveness in subsequent years. This review examines the available evidence that repeated annual influenza virus vaccination may have effects on future vaccine responses, and it synthesizes the available data with studies that may indicate potential immunological mechanisms underlying these effects. The goal is to examine the available literature to determine whether these mechanisms can be subverted to improve seasonal influenza virus vaccine efficacy.

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Influenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesOrthomyxoviridaeVaccinationHumansVaccine EfficacyInfluenza Vaccines

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PMID40272481
PMCPMC12020744

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