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Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Households with Children during the 2012-2013 Season: Assessments of Prior Vaccination and Serologic Susceptibility

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J Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 21. pii: jiu650. [Epub ahead of print]
Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Households with Children during the 2012-2013 Season: Assessments of Prior Vaccination and Serologic Susceptibility.
Ohmit SE1, Petrie JG1, Malosh RE1, Fry AM2, Thompson MG2, Monto AS1.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND:

 There are recognized needs to identify determinants of influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) including the effect of repeated annual vaccination.
METHODS:

 We recruited 321 households with 1426 members, including 833 children, and followed them during the 2012-2013 influenza season; specimens were collected from subjects with reported acute respiratory illnesses. We estimated the effectiveness of documented influenza vaccination in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza in adjusted Cox proportional hazards models. Pre-season susceptibility hemagglutination-inhibition (HAI) antibody titers were determined on a subset of subjects.
RESULTS:

 Influenza was identified in 76 (24%) households and 111 (8%) individuals. VE point estimates indicated significant protection in adults (48%, 95% CI, 1 to 72), similar protection in children 9-17 years (49%, CI -16 to 78), but no evidence of effectiveness in children <9 years (-4%, 95% CI, -110 to 49). Lower VE was observed in those vaccinated in both the current and prior seasons compared with those vaccinated in the current season only; susceptibility titers against type A but not type B, were consistent with this observation. Residual protection from vaccination in the prior season was indicated by both VE and serologic results.
CONCLUSIONS:

 Prior vaccination appears to modify VE by both residual protection and reduced vaccine response.

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PMID:
25416812
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25416812
 
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PMID:
25416811
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25416811
 
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