Giuseppe
Emeritus
In this issue:
Seasonal influenza vaccination
Six articles and an accompanying editorial highlight various challenges and issues regarding seasonal influenza vaccination
<hr class="Centre_divider"> <hr class="Centre_divider"> Eurosurveillance, Volume 13, Issue 43, 23 October 2008
Table of Contents
<hr class="Centre_divider"> <!-- Articles grouped by category --> Editorials
<hr class="Centre_divider"> Collaborative efforts are needed to improve use of influenza immunisation in Europe
by E Hak
Influenza is among the infectious diseases with the highest incidence and associated serious morbidity and mortality that can be prevented by vaccination.
Research articles
<hr class="Centre_divider"> National Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Survey in Europe, 2008
by J Mereckiene, S Cotter, A Nicoll, D L?vy-Bruhl, A Ferro, G Tridente, G Zanoni, P Berra, S Salmaso, D O'Flanagan, D O?Flanagan, on behalf of the VENICE project gatekeepers group
A cross-sectional survey was undertaken with the European Union (EU) Member States and Norway and Iceland to describe seasonal influenza immunisation in the 2006-7 season, in particular to identify co(...)
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Trends in influenza vaccination coverage rates in the United Kingdom over six seasons from 2001-2 to 2006-7
by PR Blank, AU Freiburghaus, M Schwenkglenks, TD Szucs
In order to understand motivations and barriers to vaccination, and to identify people?s intentions to get vaccinated for season 2007-8, influenza vaccination coverage was assessed in the United Kingd(...)
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Trends in seasonal influenza vaccine distribution in the European Union: 2003-4 to 2007-8
by M Rodr?guez de Azero, the European Vaccine Manufacturers Influenza Working Group
The European Vaccine Manufacturers group (EVM) undertook a Europe-wide survey of vaccine distribution over the last five seasons (between 2003 and 2008) to provide baseline data from which vaccination(...)
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Low influenza vaccination coverage in asthmatic children in France in 2006-7
by F Rance, C Chave, J De Blic, A Deschildre, L Donato, J Dubus, M Fayon, A Labbe, M Le Bourgeois, C Llerena, G Le Manach, I Pin, C Santos, C Thumerelle, M Aubert, C Weil-Olivier
The present paper examines the 2006-7 influenza vaccination coverage rate in 433 asthmatic children aged 6 to 17 years who consulted a paediatric pulmonologist between March and September 2007 in eigh(...)
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First steps in the design of a system to monitor vaccine effectiveness during seasonal and pandemic influenza in EU/EEA Member States
by M Valenciano, BC Ciancio, A Moren, the influenza vaccine effectiveness working group
To identify key methodological and practical issues in developing protocols for pilot studies, we conducted a survey among EU/EEA MS, a literature review on IVE methods, and consultations of experts. (...)
Review articles
<hr class="Centre_divider"> The scientific basis for offering seasonal influenza immunisation to risk groups in Europe
by A Nicoll, BC Ciancio, S Tsolova, PR Blank, C Yilmaz
This paper summarises the scientific evidence supporting selection of risk groups that would benefit from annual seasonal influenza immunisation in European Union (EU) countries. Risk groups are defin(...)
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Seasonal influenza vaccination
Six articles and an accompanying editorial highlight various challenges and issues regarding seasonal influenza vaccination
<hr class="Centre_divider"> <hr class="Centre_divider"> Eurosurveillance, Volume 13, Issue 43, 23 October 2008
Table of Contents
<hr class="Centre_divider"> <!-- Articles grouped by category --> Editorials
<hr class="Centre_divider"> Collaborative efforts are needed to improve use of influenza immunisation in Europe
by E Hak
Influenza is among the infectious diseases with the highest incidence and associated serious morbidity and mortality that can be prevented by vaccination.
Research articles
<hr class="Centre_divider"> National Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Survey in Europe, 2008
by J Mereckiene, S Cotter, A Nicoll, D L?vy-Bruhl, A Ferro, G Tridente, G Zanoni, P Berra, S Salmaso, D O'Flanagan, D O?Flanagan, on behalf of the VENICE project gatekeepers group
A cross-sectional survey was undertaken with the European Union (EU) Member States and Norway and Iceland to describe seasonal influenza immunisation in the 2006-7 season, in particular to identify co(...)
-
Trends in influenza vaccination coverage rates in the United Kingdom over six seasons from 2001-2 to 2006-7
by PR Blank, AU Freiburghaus, M Schwenkglenks, TD Szucs
In order to understand motivations and barriers to vaccination, and to identify people?s intentions to get vaccinated for season 2007-8, influenza vaccination coverage was assessed in the United Kingd(...)
-
Trends in seasonal influenza vaccine distribution in the European Union: 2003-4 to 2007-8
by M Rodr?guez de Azero, the European Vaccine Manufacturers Influenza Working Group
The European Vaccine Manufacturers group (EVM) undertook a Europe-wide survey of vaccine distribution over the last five seasons (between 2003 and 2008) to provide baseline data from which vaccination(...)
-
Low influenza vaccination coverage in asthmatic children in France in 2006-7
by F Rance, C Chave, J De Blic, A Deschildre, L Donato, J Dubus, M Fayon, A Labbe, M Le Bourgeois, C Llerena, G Le Manach, I Pin, C Santos, C Thumerelle, M Aubert, C Weil-Olivier
The present paper examines the 2006-7 influenza vaccination coverage rate in 433 asthmatic children aged 6 to 17 years who consulted a paediatric pulmonologist between March and September 2007 in eigh(...)
-
First steps in the design of a system to monitor vaccine effectiveness during seasonal and pandemic influenza in EU/EEA Member States
by M Valenciano, BC Ciancio, A Moren, the influenza vaccine effectiveness working group
To identify key methodological and practical issues in developing protocols for pilot studies, we conducted a survey among EU/EEA MS, a literature review on IVE methods, and consultations of experts. (...)
Review articles
<hr class="Centre_divider"> The scientific basis for offering seasonal influenza immunisation to risk groups in Europe
by A Nicoll, BC Ciancio, S Tsolova, PR Blank, C Yilmaz
This paper summarises the scientific evidence supporting selection of risk groups that would benefit from annual seasonal influenza immunisation in European Union (EU) countries. Risk groups are defin(...)
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http://www.eurosurveillance.org/Default.aspx
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