COVID-19 Severity in Europe and the USA: Could the Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Play a Role?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
EBMPHET Consortium
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Seasonal Influenza ◽  
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination ◽  
The Usa

scholarly journals Impact of national influenza vaccination strategy in severe influenza outcomes among the high-risk Portuguese population

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ausenda Machado ◽  
Irina Kislaya ◽  
Amparo Larrauri ◽  
Carlos Matias Dias ◽  
Baltazar Nunes
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Seasonal Influenza ◽  
Vaccine Coverage ◽  
Vaccination Strategy ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
Risk Population ◽  
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Severe Influenza ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background All aged individuals with a chronic condition and those with 65 and more years are at increased risk of severe influenza post-infection complications. There is limited research on cases averted by the yearly vaccination programs in high-risk individuals. The objective was to estimate the impact of trivalent seasonal influenza vaccination on averted hospitalizations and death among the high-risk population in Portugal. Methods The impact of trivalent seasonal influenza vaccination was estimated using vaccine coverage, vaccine effectiveness and the number of influenza-related hospitalizations and deaths. The number of averted events (NAE), prevented fraction (PF) and number needed to vaccinate (NVN) were estimated for seasons 2014/15 to 2016/17. Results The vaccination strategy averted on average approximately 1833 hospitalizations and 383 deaths per season. Highest NAE was observed in the ≥65 years population (85% of hospitalizations and 95% deaths) and in the 2016/17 season (1957 hospitalizations and 439 deaths). On average, seasonal vaccination prevented 21% of hospitalizations in the population aged 65 and more, and 18.5% in the population with chronic conditions. The vaccination also prevented 29% and 19.5% of deaths in each group of the high-risk population. It would be needed to vaccinate 3360 high-risk individuals, to prevent one hospitalization and 60,471 high-risk individuals to prevent one death. Conclusion The yearly influenza vaccination campaigns had a sustained positive benefit for the high-risk population, reducing hospitalizations and deaths. These results can support public health plans toward increased vaccine coverage in high-risk groups.

scholarly journals Seasonal influenza vaccination coverage and its determinants among nursing homes personnel in western France

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christelle Elias ◽  
Anna Fournier ◽  
Anca Vasiliu ◽  
Nicolas Beix ◽  
Rémi Demillac ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Vaccination Coverage ◽  
Seasonal Influenza ◽  
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination

scholarly journals Support for Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Requirements among US Healthcare Personnel

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Maurer ◽  
Katharine M. Harris ◽  
Carla L. Black ◽  
Gary L. Euler
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Seasonal Influenza ◽  
Safety Issue ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
Staff Support ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Serious Disease

Objective.To measure support for seasonal influenza vaccination requirements among US healthcare personnel (HCP) and its associations with attitudes regarding influenza and influenza vaccination and self-reported coverage by existing vaccination requirements.Design.Between lune 1 and June 30, 2010, we surveyed a sample of US HCP (n = 1,664) recruited using an existing probability-based online research panel of participants representing the US general population as a sampling frame.Setting.General community.Participants.Eligible HCP who (1) reported having worked as medical doctors, health technologists, healthcare support staff, or other health practitioners or who (2) reported having worked in hospitals, ambulatory care facilities, long-term care facilities, or other health-related settings.Methods.We analyzed support for seasonal influenza vaccination requirements for HCP using proportion estimation and multivariable probit models.Results.A total of 57.4% (95% confidence interval, 53.3%–61.5%) of US HCP agreed that HCP should be required to be vaccinated for seasonal influenza. Support for mandatory vaccination was statistically significantly higher among HCP who were subject to employer-based influenza vaccination requirements, who considered influenza to be a serious disease, and who agreed that influenza vaccine was safe and effective.Conclusions.A majority of HCP support influenza vaccination requirements. Moreover, providing HCP with information about the safety of influenza vaccination and communicating that immunization of HCP is a patient safety issue may be important for generating staff support for influenza vaccination requirements.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012;33(3):213-221

scholarly journals Parent-Reported Intention to Vaccinate Children Against COVID-19: Influences of COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza Vaccination

2021 ◽  
pp. 000992282110464
Author(s):  
Ashley V. Hill ◽  
Krissy Moehling Geffel ◽  
Daniel R. Lavage ◽  
Alysia Davis ◽  
Namita Dwarakanath ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Seasonal Influenza ◽  
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination

scholarly journals Pneumococcal and seasonal influenza vaccination among elderly patients with diabetes

2015 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 1182-1189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Gorska-Ciebiada ◽  
Małgorzata Saryusz-Wolska ◽  
Maciej Ciebiada ◽  
Jerzy Loba
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Seasonal Influenza ◽  
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Patients With Diabetes

Seasonal influenza vaccination rates and reasons for non-vaccination in children with gastrointestinal disorders

Vaccine ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noam Peleg ◽  
Noam Zevit ◽  
Raanan Shamir ◽  
Gabriel Chodick ◽  
Itzhak Levy
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Seasonal Influenza ◽  
Gastrointestinal Disorders ◽  
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Vaccination Rates

scholarly journals Seasonal influenza vaccination delivery through community pharmacists in England: evaluation of the London pilot

BMJ Open ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. e009739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Atkins ◽  
Albert Jan van Hoek ◽  
Conall Watson ◽  
Marc Baguelin ◽  
Lethiwe Choga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Seasonal Influenza ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination
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