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Systematic review of the efficacy, effectiveness and safety of high-dose seasonal influenza vaccines for the prevention of laboratory-confirmed influenza in individuals ≥18 years of age
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Comber, L., Murchu, E.O., Jordan, K., Hawkshaw, S., Marshall, L., O'Neill, M., Teljeur, C., Ryan, M., Carnahan, A., Pérez Martín, J.J., Robertson, A.H., Johansen, K., de Jonge, J., Krause, T., Nicolay, N., Nohynek, H., Pavlopoulou, I., Pebody, R., Penttinen, P., Soler-Soneira, M., Wichmann, O., Harrington, P.
Systematic review of the efficacy, effectiveness and safety of recombinant haemagglutinin seasonal influenza vaccines for the prevention of laboratory-confirmed influenza in individuals ≥18 years of age
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Murchu, E.O., Comber, L., Jordan, K., Hawkshaw, S., Marshall, L., O'Neill, M., Ryan, M., Teljeur, C., Carnahan, A., Pérez, J.J., Robertson, A.H., Johansen, K., Jonge, J., Krause, T., Nicolay, N., Nohynek, H., Pavlopoulou, I., Pebody, R., Penttinen, P., Soler-Soneira, M., Wichmann, O., Harrington, P.
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Flu Awareness Campaign 2021
The Flu Awareness Campaign is marked across the WHO European Region every year in October. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of vaccination for people’s health and well-being and to increase the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination of people with underlying risk factors.
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Flu Awareness Week, 5-9 October 2020
The Flu Awareness Week is marked across the WHO European Region every year in October. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of vaccination for people’s health and well-being and to increase the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination of people with underlying risk factors.
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Looking at newer enhanced seasonal influenza vaccines: a systematic review of efficacy, effectiveness and safety
Based on a systematic literature review, ECDC assessed the efficacy, effectiveness and safety of newer and enhanced inactivated seasonal influenza (flu) vaccines among those 18 years or older. These assessed are MF59® adjuvanted, cell-based, high-dose, and recombinant haemagglutinin influenza vaccines.
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Systematic review of the efficacy, effectiveness and safety of newer and enhanced seasonal influenza vaccines
Overall the evidence base for the efficacy and effectiveness of newer and enhanced influenza vaccines appears limited at present, with a number of potentially relevant studies identified as ongoing.
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)
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Kissling, E., Pozo, F., Buda, S., Vilcu, A.-M., Rizzo, C., Gherasim, A., Horváth, J.K., Brytting, M., Domegan, L., Meijer, A., Paradowska-Stankiewicz, I., Machado, A., Vučina, V.V., Lazar, M., Johansen, K., Dürrwald, R., van der Werf, S., Bella, A., Larrauri, A., Ferenczi, A., Zakikhany, K., O'Donnell, J., Dijkstra, F., Bogusz, J., Guiomar, R., Filipović, S.K., Pitigoi, D., Penttinen, P., Valenciano, M.
Low 2018/19 vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H3N2) among 15-64-year-olds in Europe: exploration by birth cohort
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Kissling, E., Pozo, F., Buda, S., Vilcu, A.-M., Gherasim, A., Brytting, M., Domegan, L., Gómez, V., Meijer, A., Lazar, M., Vučina, V.V., Dürrwald, R., van der Werf, S., Larrauri, A., Enkirch, T., O'Donnell, J., Guiomar, R., Hooiveld, M., Petrović, G., Stoian, E., Penttinen, P., Valenciano, M., I-Move Primary Care Study Team
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Flu Awareness Week, 21-25 October 2019
The Flu Awareness Week is marked across the WHO European Region every year in October. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of vaccination for people’s health and well-being and to increase the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination of people with underlying risk factors.
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Flu Awareness Week, 22 – 26 October 2018
The Flu Awareness Week is marked across the WHO European Region every year in October. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of vaccination for people’s health and well-being and to increase the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination of people with underlying risk factors.