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Review: vaccination reduces the incidence of serologically confirmed influenza in healthy adults

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.8.2.47

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    Demicheli V, Rivetti D, Deeks JJ, et al. Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004;(3):CD001269.

    Q Is vaccination effective for reducing the incidence of influenza in healthy people 14–60 years of age?

    METHODS

    Embedded ImageData sources:

    Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Cochrane Library, Issue 1, 2004), MEDLINE (1966–2003), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (1990–2003), bibliographies of relevant articles, and manufacturers and researchers.

    Embedded ImageStudy selection and assessment:

    controlled trials (published in any language) that evaluated the effectiveness of influenza vaccines for protection from exposure to naturally occurring influenza in healthy people 14–60 years of age.

    Embedded ImageOutcomes:

    incidence of clinically defined influenza (CDI) (unspecified or specified on the basis of specific symptoms or signs) and serologically confirmed influenza (SCI).

    MAIN RESULTS

    47 trials (25 randomised controlled trials [RCTs], n = 59 566) met the selection criteria. (1) Influenza vaccine (inactivated parenteral vaccine [IP], live aerosol …

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    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: Dr V Demicheli, Servizo Sovrazonale di Epidemiologia, Piemonte, Italy. demichelivittorioasl20.piemonte.it

    • Source of funding: Ministry of Defence, UK.