Vaccine Effectiveness Against Lineage-matched and -mismatched Influenza B Viruses Across 8 Seasons in Canada, 2010–2011 to 2017–2018

Autor: Catharine Chambers, Danuta M. Skowronski, Yan Li, Jonathan B. Gubbay, Suzana Sabaiduc, Christine Martineau, Gaston De Serres, Hugues Charest, Tracy Chan, Anne-Luise Winter, Steven J. Drews, Kevin Fonseca, Mel Krajden, James A. Dickinson, Caren Rose, Martin Petric, Agatha N. Jassem, Rebecca Hickman, Nathalie Bastien
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN: 1537-6591
1058-4838
Popis: Vaccine effectiveness (VE) against influenza B was derived separately for Victoria and Yamagata lineages across 8 seasons (2010–2011 to 2017–2018) in Canada when trivalent influenza vaccine was predominantly used. VE was ≥50% regardless of lineage match to circulating viruses, except when the vaccine strain was unchanged from the prior season.
Databáze: OpenAIRE