Interim estimate of influenza vaccine effectiveness in hospitalised children, Hong Kong, 2017/18

Euro Surveillance : Bulletin Européen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin
Susan S ChiuBenjamin J Cowling

Abstract

We conducted a hospital-based test-negative study in Hong Kong to estimate influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) for the winter of 2017/18. The interim analysis included data on 1,078 children admitted between 4 December 2017 and 31 January 2018 with febrile acute respiratory illness and tested for influenza. We estimated influenza VE at 66% (95% confidence interval (CI): 43-79) overall, and 65% (95% CI: 40-80) against influenza B, the dominant virus type (predominantly B/Yamagata).

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Citations

Mar 15, 2018·Euro Surveillance : Bulletin Européen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin·Benjamin J Cowling, Sheena G Sullivan
Aug 28, 2018·Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics·Yung-Wai Desmond ChanShuk-Kwan Chuang
Jan 17, 2019·Euro Surveillance : Bulletin Européen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin· Eurosurveillance Editorial Team
Oct 20, 2018·Emerging Infectious Diseases·Sheikh Taslim AliGabriel M Leung

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