Effectiveness of influenza vaccine against influenza A in Europe in seasons of different A(H1N1)pdm09 and the same A(H3N2) vaccine components (2016–17 and 2017–18)

Introduction: Influenza A(H3N2) viruses predominated in Europe in 2016–17. In 2017–18 A(H3N2) and A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses co-circulated. The A(H3N2) vaccine component was the same in both seasons; while the A(H1N1)pdm09 component changed in 2017–18. In both seasons, vaccine seed A(H3N2) viruses develop...

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Main Authors: Esther Kissling, Francisco Pozo, Silke Buda, Ana-Maria Vilcu, Caterina Rizzo, Alin Gherasim, Judit Krisztina Horváth, Mia Brytting, Lisa Domegan, Adam Meijer, Iwona Paradowska-Stankiewicz, Ausenda Machado, Vesna Višekruna Vučina, Mihaela Lazar, Kari Johansen, Ralf Dürrwald, Sylvie van der Werf, Antonino Bella, Amparo Larrauri, Annamária Ferenczi, Katherina Zakikhany, Joan O'Donnell, Frederika Dijkstra, Joanna Bogusz, Raquel Guiomar, Sanja Kurečić Filipović, Daniela Pitigoi, Pasi Penttinen, Marta Valenciano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Vaccine: X
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590136219300439