Aim: High‐dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV‐HD) has been shown to be more effective than standard‐dose (QIV‐SD) in reducing influenza infection, but whether diabetes status affects relative vaccine effectiveness (rVE) is unknown. We aimed to assess rVE on change in glycated ...
Kinney, ScD, MS JAMA Cardiology Key Points Question Among patients with recent myocardial infarction or hospitalization for heart failure, is high-dose trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine more effective than standard-dose quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine for reducing all-cause mortality or ...
Factors such as dose of virus, strain virulence, and host factors may have an impact on the severity of disease. Prevalence of influenza infection in cats is very low, including in areas where HPAI H5N1 occurs, and cats are not believed to be important in maintenance or transmission of ...
This investment in a new facility will give additional antigen and filling capacity for Sanofi’s fluzone high-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine, to improve supply availability in Canada, the U.S., and Europe. In February 2020, BioDiem Ltd. announced the approval of changchun BCHT biotechnology...
influenza infection in individuals at high risk ofcomplicated infection, who have had a significant exposure to the virus. As always with antivirals, the dose, duration and need to prescribe the antiviral have to be carefully balanced with adverseside effectsand the development of viral d...
(61.5%) correctly identified the administration ways of paediatric influenza vaccines available in Italy, such as intramuscular and/or intranasal. Only 26.9% correctly identified the authorized type of influenza vaccine for children aged 6 to 24 months (e.g., standard dose quadrivalent inactivated -...
Influenza virus infection is a serious problem in the elderly because of the high pneumonia complication rate and a significant increase in mortality. To determine the efficacy of a single influenza vaccine administration in the elderly, the incidence of febrile episodes and complications associated with...
However, as reported by Falsey et al,10 some influenza vaccines appear to be more reactogenic for others; for example, among adults aged 65 years or older, local reactions were more frequently reported following high-dose influenza vaccine than standard-dose vaccine. Limitations This analysis has...
China has a high burden of influenza-associated illness among children. We aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of introducing government-funded influenza vaccination to children in China (fully-funded policy) compared with the status quo (self-paid
(IIV) includes wholeinactivated virus, split virion or subunit formulations and induces mainly strain specificserum antibodiesagainst HA. Egg-based IIVs have been licensed in the US and Europe for decades for use in adults and children 6 months and older, with theMF59adjuvanted or high dose ...