Influenza Vaccines

Recent News

Oct 15, 2013

Flu Scan for Oct 15, 2013

H5N1 in Vietnam
Mercury in flu vaccines
H7N9 vaccine trial
Oct 11, 2013

News Scan for Oct 11, 2013

Feds: Poultry plants can stay open
New flu strain in bats
Cell-based flu vaccine availability
Oct 11, 2013

Suspension of CDC flu tracking raises concern

The lack of national flu data is starting to cause worry, especially over novel or resistant strains.

Oct 03, 2013

Flu Scan for Oct 03, 2013

H3N2v shedding in ferrets
RNA-based drug development
Oct 02, 2013

HHS: Fill-and-finish contracts will boost flu vaccine capacity

New federal contracts establish a "fill and finish" network for flu vaccine to boost capacity by 20%.

Sep 26, 2013

News Scan for Sep 26, 2013

Flu vaccine strain selection
Electronic lab reporting
European polio risk
Emergency Twitter Alerts
Sep 26, 2013

US data show higher flu vaccine uptake in kids, adults, health workers

The CDC's final estimates for 2012-13 show a healthy bump in kids and a small gain in adults.

Sep 23, 2013

News Scan for Sep 23, 2013

Ebbing flu vaccine effectiveness
MRSA increase in kids
Group decries poultry inspection program
Sep 19, 2013

Analysis finds limited evidence for HCW flu vaccination

CDC review finds that data for the benefit to patients of vaccinating health workers are limited.

Sep 18, 2013

NIH to test H7N9 vaccines with adjuvants

Clinical trials will test a candidate vaccine for H7N9 flu in varying doses, some with immune boosters.

Resources & Literature

Recent Literature

Adedinsewo DA, Noory L, Badnarczyk RA, et al. Impact of maternal characteristics on the effect of maternal influenza vaccination on fetal outcomes. Vaccine 2013 (published online Oct 10) 

Ahmed F, Lindley MC, Allred Norma, et al. Effect of influenza vaccination of health care personnel on morbidity and mortality among patients: systematic review and grading of evidence. Clin Infect Dis 2013 (published online Sep 17)

Baguelin M, Flasche S, Camacho A, et al. Assessing optimal target populations for influenza vaccination programs: an evidence synthesis and modeling study. PLoS Med 2013 Oct 8;10(10):e1001527

Bateman AX, Kieke BA, Irving SA, et al. Effectiveness of monovalent A(H1N1)pdm09 and 2010-11 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccines in Wisconsin during the 2010-11 season. J Infect Dis 2013 Apr 15;207(8):1262-9

Baxter R, Bakshi N, Fireman B, et al. Lack of association of Guillain-Barre syndrome with vaccinations. Clin Infect Dis 2013 Jul 15;57(2):197-204

Benchimol EI, Hawken S, Kwong JC, et al. Safety and utilization of influenza immunization in children with inflammatory bowel disease. Pediatrics 2013 (published online May 6)

Bodewes R, Fraaij PLA, Kreijtz JHCM, et al. Annual influenza vaccination affects the development of heterosubtypic immunity. Vaccine 2012 Dec 7;30(51):7407-10

Bragstad K, Emborg HD, Fischer TK, et al. Low vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H3N2) virus among elderly people in Denmark in 2012/13 -- a rapid epidemiological and virological assessment. Euro Surveill 2013 Feb 7;18(6):pii=20397

Castilla J, Godoy P, Dominguez A, et al. Influenza vaccine effectiveness in preventing out-patient, in-patient and severe cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza. Clin Infect Dis 2013 Jul 15;57(2):167-75

Castilla J, Martinez-Baz I, Martinez-Artola V, et al. Decline in influenza vaccine effectiveness with time after vaccination, Navarre, Spain, season 2011/12. Euro Surveill 2013 Jan 31;18(5):pii=20388

Castilla J, Martinez-Baz I, Martinez-Artola V, et al. Early estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness in Navarre, Spain: 2012/13 mid-season analysis. Euro Surveill 2013 Feb 14;18(7):pii=20404

CDC. Early estimates of seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness--United States, January 2013. MMWR 2013 Jan 11;62(Early release):1-4

CDC. Influenza activity—United States, 2012-13 season and composition of the 2013-14 influenza vaccine. MMWR 2013 Jun 14;62(23):473-9

CDC. Influenza vaccination coverage among health-care personnel—United States, 2012-13 influenza season. MMWR 2013 Sep 27;62(38):781-6

CDC. Influenza vaccination coverage among pregnant women—United States, 2012-13 influenza season. MMWR 2013 Sep 27;62(38):787-92

CDC. Influenza vaccination practices of physicians and caregivers of children with neurologic and neurodevelopmental conditions — United States, 2011-12 influenza season. MMWR 2013 Sep 13; 62(36):744-6

CDC. Prevention and control of influenza with vaccines: interim recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2013. MMWR 2013 May 10;62(18):356

CDC. Prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization PracticesUnited States, 2013-2014. MMWR 2013 (published online Sep 20)

CDC. Update: influenza activity--United States, September 30-November 24, 2012. MMWR 2012 Dec 7;61(48):990-3

Cheng AC, Holmes M, Irving LB, et al. Influenza vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation with confirmed influenza in the 2010-11 seasons: a test-negative observational study. PLoS One 2013 Jul 16;8(7):e68760

De Serres G, Skowronski DM, Wu XW, et al. The test-negative design: validity, accuracy and precision of vaccine efficacy estimates compared to the gold standard of randomised placebo-controlled clinical trials. Euro Surveill 2013;18(37):pii=20585

DiazGranados CA, Denis M, Plotkin S. Seasonal influenza vaccine efficacy and its determinants in children and non-elderly adults: a systematic review with meta-analyses of controlled trials. Vaccine 2012 Dec 17;31(1):49-57

Domachowske JB, Pankow-Culot H, Bautista M, et al. A randomized trial of candidate inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine versus trivalent influenza vaccines in children aged 3-17 years. J Infect Dis 2013 207(12):1878-87

Foppa IM, Haber M, Ferdinands JM, et al. The case test-negative design for studies of the effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccine. Vaccine 2013 Jun 26;31(20):3104-9

Gorse GJ, Falsey AR, Fling JA, et al. Intradermally-administered influenza virus vaccine is safe and immunogenic in healthy adults 18-64 years of age. Vaccine 2013 May 1;31(19):2358-65

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