The WHO recommends keeping the same strains for the Northern Hemisphere's 2014-15 flu season.
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
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)
Caille-Brillet AL, Raude J, Lapidus N, et al. Trends in influenza vaccination behaviors—results from the CoPanFlu Cohort, France, 2006 to 2011. Euro Surveill 2013 Nov 7;18(45):pii=20628
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 Practices—United States, 2013-2014. MMWR 2013 (published online Sep 20)
CDC. Seasonal influenza vaccination coverage among women who delivered a live-born infant—21 states and New York City, 2009-10 and 2010-11 influenza seasons. MMWR 2013 Dec 13;62(49):1001-4
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
Dawood FS, Prapasiri P, Areerat P, et al. Effectiveness of the 2010 and 2011 Southern Hemisphere trivalent inactivated influenza vaccines against hospitalization with influenza-associated acute respiratory infection among Thai adults aged ≥50 years. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2014 (published online Feb 3)
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
Der-Martirosian C, Heslin KC, Mitchell MN, et al. Comparison of the use of H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccinations between veterans and non-veterans in the United States, 2010. BMC Public Health 2013 (published online Nov 20)
Duque J, McMorrow ML, Cohen AL, Influenza vaccines and influenza antiviral drugs in Africa: are they available and do guidelines for their use exist? BMC Public Health 2014 Jan 16;14(41)
ECDC. Review of the scientific literature on drivers and barriers of seasonal influenza vaccination coverage in the EU/EEA. Nov 4, 2013, Technical Report
Ferdinands JM, Olsho LEW, Agan AA, et al. Effectiveness of influenza vaccine against life-threatening RT-PCR-confirmed influenza illness in US children, 2010-2012. J Infect Dis 2014 (published online Mar 26)
