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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 1. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz053. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Intensive care admissions and associated severity of influenza B versus A during influenza B-vaccine mismatched seasons.[/h] Korem M[SUP]1[/SUP], Orenbuch-Harroch E[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Ben-Chetrit E[SUP]3[/SUP], Israel S[SUP]4[/SUP], Cohen MJ[SUP]5[/SUP], Sviri S[SUP]2[/SUP], Levin PD[SUP]6[/SUP], Mandelboim M[SUP]7,[/SUP][SUP]8[/SUP], Wolf DG[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Patients admitted to hospital with influenza B and A in Jerusalem, Israel, 2015-2016/2017-2018, demonstrated similar rates of ICU admission and associated disease severity. Most (63%) influenza B-ICU patients received influenza B-mismatched trivalent vaccine. These findings call into question the equivalence of trivalent and quadrivalent vaccines in preventing severe influenza B.
PMID: 30715225 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz053
[h=1]Intensive care admissions and associated severity of influenza B versus A during influenza B-vaccine mismatched seasons.[/h] Korem M[SUP]1[/SUP], Orenbuch-Harroch E[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Ben-Chetrit E[SUP]3[/SUP], Israel S[SUP]4[/SUP], Cohen MJ[SUP]5[/SUP], Sviri S[SUP]2[/SUP], Levin PD[SUP]6[/SUP], Mandelboim M[SUP]7,[/SUP][SUP]8[/SUP], Wolf DG[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Patients admitted to hospital with influenza B and A in Jerusalem, Israel, 2015-2016/2017-2018, demonstrated similar rates of ICU admission and associated disease severity. Most (63%) influenza B-ICU patients received influenza B-mismatched trivalent vaccine. These findings call into question the equivalence of trivalent and quadrivalent vaccines in preventing severe influenza B.
PMID: 30715225 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz053