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Emerg Microbes Infect . Influenza vaccination is associated with a reduced risk of invasive aspergillosis in high-risk individuals in Taiwan: a popu

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Emerg Microbes Infect


. 2022 Dec 5;1-32.
doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2155584. Online ahead of print.
Influenza vaccination is associated with a reduced risk of invasive aspergillosis in high-risk individuals in Taiwan: a population-based cohort study


Yi-Jyun Chen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], I Feng Lin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jen-Hsiang Chuang[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Hung-Ling Huang[SUP] 3 4 5 6 [/SUP], Ta Chien Chan[SUP] 1 7 [/SUP]



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Abstract

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) has become the emerging life-threatening disease in recent years. Influenza has been identified as an independent risk factor for IA. Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent influenza, while whether it can reduce IA in high-risk population still uncertain. We aimed to investigate the association between influenza vaccination and the risk of IA in high-risk population. We performed a population-based cohort study of people who qualified for government-funded influenza vaccination and were at high risk for IA at the start of the influenza season each year between 2016 and 2019. We utilized Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database to identify the influenza vaccination status and IA diagnosis during the follow-up period. We compared the risk of IA between people with and without vaccination using multivariable logistic regression analysis. Out of total 8,544,451 people who were eligible during the three influenza seasons, 3,136,477 (37%) were vaccinated. A total of 1,179 IA cases with the incidence of 0.01% were identified during the follow-up. Compared to non-vaccinated group, vaccinated individuals had a 21% risk reduction of IA (adjusted odds ratio 0.79, 95% confidence interval 0.70-0.90). Influenza vaccination was associated with a lower risk of IA among males, immunosuppressive conditions, malignancy, diabetes, and those having host factors according to the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium. Influenza vaccination is recommended for high-risk population to reduce the risk of IA.

Keywords: chronic diseases; health insurance database; influenza superinfection; influenza vaccination; invasive aspergillosis.
 
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