Estimated Vaccine Effectiveness for Pediatric Patients With Severe Influenza, 2015-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Increasing the understanding of vaccine effectiveness (VE) against levels of severe influenza in children could help increase uptake of influenza vaccination and strengthen vaccine policies globally.

Objective

To investigate VE in children by severity of influenza illness.

Design, setting, and participants

This case-control study with a test-negative design used data from 8 participating medical centers located in geographically different US states in the New Vaccine Surveillance Network from November 6, 2015, through April 8, 2020. Participants included children 6 months through 17 years of age who were hospitalized or presented to an emergency department (ED) with acute respiratory illness.

Exposures

Receipt of at least 1 dose of the current season

SUBMITTER: Sumner KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11681373 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature