Population effect of influenza vaccination under co-circulation of non-vaccine variants and the case for a bivalent A/H3N2 vaccine component

Some past epidemics of different influenza subtypes (particularly A/H3N2) in the US saw co-circulation of vaccine-type and variant strains. There is evidence that natural infection with one influenza subtype offers short-term protection against infection with another influenza subtype (henceforth, c...

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Main Authors: Colin J. Worby, Jacco Wallinga, Marc Lipsitch, Edward Goldstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Epidemics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436517300208