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Waning vaccine protection against influenza A (H3N2) illness in children and older adults during a single season

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Vaccine. 2014 Jun 21. pii: S0264-410X(14)00853-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.06.052. [Epub ahead of print]
Waning vaccine protection against influenza A (H3N2) illness in children and older adults during a single season.
Belongia EA1, Sundaram ME2, McClure DL2, Meece JK2, Ferdinands J3, VanWormer JJ2.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND:

Recent studies have suggested that vaccine-induced protection against influenza may decline within one season. We reanalyzed data from a study of influenza vaccine effectiveness to determine if time since vaccination was an independent predictor of influenza A (H3N2).
METHODS:

Patients with acute respiratory illness were actively recruited during the 2007-2008 season. Respiratory swabs were tested for influenza, and vaccination dates were determined by a validated immunization registry. The association between influenza RT-PCR result and vaccination interval (days) was examined using multivariable logistic regression, adjusting for calendar time, age and other confounders.
RESULTS:

There were 629 vaccinated participants, including 177 influenza A (H3N2) cases and 452 test negative controls. The mean (SD) interval from vaccination to illness onset was 101.7 (25.9) days for influenza cases and 93.0 (29.9) days for controls. There was a significant association between vaccination interval and influenza result in the main effects model. The adjusted odds ratio (aOR) for influenza was 1.12 (CI 1.01, 1.26) for every 14 day increase in the vaccination interval. Age modified the association between vaccination interval and influenza (p=0.005 for interaction). Influenza was associated with increasing vaccination interval in young children and older adults, but not in adolescents or non-elderly adults. Similar results were found when calendar week of vaccine receipt was assessed as the primary exposure variable.
CONCLUSIONS:

Identification of influenza A (H3N2) was associated with increasing time since vaccination among young children and older adults during a single influenza season.

Copyright ? 2014. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
KEYWORDS:

Immunity; Influenza; Influenza vaccine; Vaccine effectiveness

PMID:
24962752
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24962752
 
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