Influenza vaccines really work? Keeping apart the true from the false

Nguyen-Van-Tam, Jonathan; Gross, Diane; Sturkenboom, Miriam; Parrish-Sprowl, John

Abstract

A yearly seasonal flu vaccine is the best preventive method we have against influenza at this time. Even then, vaccination adoption is hampered by on-going discussions about safety and effectiveness. In order to dot the I's and cross the T's at the fifth ESWI influenza conference, a dedicated SPI track focused on these important aspects of influenza vaccination.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 3, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Aug 28, 2015
• Publication Date: Dec 8, 2015
• Deposit Date: Apr 5, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2017
• Journal: Vaccine
• Print ISSN: 0264-410X
• Electronic ISSN: 0264-410X
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 49
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.08.052
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/769919
• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X15011809