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Low interim influenza vaccine effectiveness, Australia, 1 May to 24 September 2017
- Sheena G Sullivan1,2,3 , Monique B Chilver3 , Kylie S Carville4 , Yi-Mo Deng1 , Kristina A Grant4 , Geoff Higgins5 , Naomi Komadina1 , Vivian KY Leung1 , Cara A Minney-Smith6 , Don Teng7 , Thomas Tran4 , Nigel Stocks3 , James E Fielding2,4
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Melbourne, Australia 2 School of Global and Population Health, University of Melbourne, Australia 3 Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Australia 4 Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia 5 SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia 6 PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Perth, Australia 7 School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaSheena G Sullivansheena.sullivan influenzacentre.org
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Citation style for this article: Sullivan Sheena G, Chilver Monique B, Carville Kylie S, Deng Yi-Mo, Grant Kristina A, Higgins Geoff, Komadina Naomi, Leung Vivian KY, Minney-Smith Cara A, Teng Don, Tran Thomas, Stocks Nigel, Fielding James E. Low interim influenza vaccine effectiveness, Australia, 1 May to 24 September 2017. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(43):pii=17-00707. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.43.17-00707 Received: 19 Oct 2017; Accepted: 26 Oct 2017
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Abstract
In 2017, influenza seasonal activity was high in the southern hemisphere. We present interim influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates from Australia. Adjusted VE was low overall at 33% (95% confidence interval (CI): 17 to 46), 50% (95% CI: 8 to 74) for A(H1)pdm09, 10% (95% CI: -16 to 31) for A(H3) and 57% (95% CI: 41 to 69) for influenza B. For A(H3), VE was poorer for those vaccinated in the current and prior seasons.
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