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SUBMITTER: Suzuki M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7126450 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Suzuki Motoi M Katsurada Naoko N Le Minh Nhat MN Kaneko Norihiro N Yaegashi Makito M Hosokawa Naoto N Otsuka Yoshihito Y Aoshima Masahiro M Yoshida Lay Myint LM Morimoto Konosuke K
Vaccine 20180501 21
<h4>Background</h4>The effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) against laboratory-confirmed influenza pneumonia in older adults remains to be established.<h4>Methods</h4>Pneumonia patients aged ≥65 years who visited a study hospital in Chiba, Japan, were prospectively enrolled from February 2012 to January 2014. Sputum samples were collected from participants and tested for influenza virus by polymerase chain reaction assays. Influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE) against laboratory- ...[more]