The Importance of Frailty in the Assessment of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza-Related Hospitalization in Elderly People

K. Andrew, Melissa; Shinde, Vivek; Ye, Lingyun; F. Hatchette, Todd; Haguinet, François; Dos Santos, Gaël; E. McElhaney, Janet; Ambrose, Ardith; Boivin, Guy; Bowie, William; Chit, Ayman; ElSherif, May; Green, Karen; A. Halperin, Scott; Ibarguchi, Barbara; Johnstone, Jennie; Katz, Kevin; M. Langley, Joanne; J. LeBlanc, Jason; Loeb, Mark; MacKinnon‐Cameron, Donna; McCarthy, Anne; McGeer, Allison; Powis, Jeff; Richardson, David; Semret, Makeda; Stiver, Grant; Trottier, Sylvie; Valiquette, Louis; Webster, Duncan; McNeil, Shelly

doi:10.1093/infdis/jix282

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The Importance of Frailty in the Assessment of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza-Related Hospitalization in Elderly People

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Jun 10, 2017

Authors:

Melissa K. Andrew

Vivek Shinde

Lingyun Ye

Abstract

Background: Influenza is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults. Even so, effectiveness of influenza vaccine for older adults has been reported to be lower than for younger adults, and the impact of frailty on vaccine effectiveness (VE) and outcomes is uncertain. We aimed t...

Subject

Influenza vaccine

Medicine

Virology

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