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SUBMITTER: Jamotte A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5404619 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jamotte Aurélien A Clay Emilie E Macabeo Bérengère B Caicedo Andrès A Lopez Juan Guillermo JG Bricks Lucia L Romero Prada Martín M Marrugo Rubén R Alfonso Pamela P Moreno Arévalo Brechla B Franco Danilo D Garcia Diaz Lourdes L Isaza de Molto Yadira Y
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 20170124 4
Annual trivalent influenza vaccines (TIV) containing 2 A strains and one B lineage have been recommended for the prevention of influenza in most of Latin American countries. However, the circulation of 2 B lineages (Victoria and Yamagata) and difficulties in predicting the predominating lineage have led to the development of quadrivalent influenza vaccines (QIV), including both B lineages. Thus, the objective was to estimate the public health impact and influenza-related costs if QIV would have ...[more]