Exploring the effect of clinical case definitions on influenza vaccine effectiveness estimation at primary care level: Results from the end-of-season 2022-23 VEBIS multicentre study in Europe

DISCUSSION: Among all analyses, we found similar VE estimates between the EU ILI and EU ARI populations, with few (10%) additional non-ILI ARI patients recruited. These results indicate that VE in the 2022-23 influenza season was not affected by use of a different clinical case definition for recruitment, although we recommend investigating whether this holds true for next seasons.PMID:38704257 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.060

Source: Vaccine - May 4, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Marine Maurel Clara Mazagatos Luise Goerlitz Beatrix Oroszi Mariette Hooiveld Ausenda Machado Lisa Domegan Maja Ili ć Rodica Popescu No émie Sève Iv án Martínez-Baz Amparo Larrauri Silke Buda Gerg ő Túri Adam Meijer Ver ónica Gomez Joan O'Donnell Source Type: research