@article{996d1297ac4f449db65c64606d0a1801,
title = "Low interim influenza vaccine effectiveness, Australia, 1 May to 24 September 2017",
abstract = "In 2017, influenza seasonal activity was high in the southern hemisphere. We present interim influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates from Australia. Adjusted VE was low overall at 33\% (95\% confidence interval (CI): 17 to 46), 50\% (95\% CI: 8 to 74) for A(H1) pdm09, 10\% (95\% CI: -16 to 31) for A(H3) and 57\% (95\% CI: 41 to 69) for influenza B. For A(H3), VE was poorer for those vaccinated in the current and prior seasons.",
author = "Sullivan, \{Sheena G.\} and Chilver, \{Monique B.\} and Carville, \{Kylie S.\} and Deng, \{Yi Mo\} and Grant, \{Kristina A.\} and Geoff Higgins and Naomi Komadina and Leung, \{Vivian K.Y.\} and Minney-Smith, \{Cara A.\} and Don Teng and Thomas Tran and Nigel Stocks and Fielding, \{James E.\}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the general practitioners, nurse practitioners, and practice staff that participated and contributed to ASPREN and VicSPIN in 2017. We also thank laboratory staff members from the following laboratories who undertook influenza testing and virus characterisation: SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia; PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Perth, Western Australia; the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria; and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Melbourne, Victoria. ASPREN and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza are supported by the Australian Government Department of Health (the Department). The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department. VicSPIN is funded by the Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services. DT is supported by contract HHSN272201400006C from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, USA. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} the authors, 2017.",
year = "2017",
month = oct,
day = "26",
doi = "10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.43.17-00707",
language = "English",
volume = "22",
journal = "Eurosurveillance",
issn = "1025-496X",
publisher = "European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control",
number = "43",
}
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