Effectiveness of influenza vaccine in preventing medically-attended influenza virus infection in primary care, Israel, influenza seasons 2014/15 and 2015/16.

Conclusions: Using samples from patients with ILI visiting sentinel clinics in Israel, we demonstrated the feasibility of influenza VE estimation in Israel.
PMID: 29471622 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Euro Surveill - February 1, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Yaron-Yakoby H, Sefty H, Pando R, Dichtiar R, Katz MA, Stein Y, Mandelboim M, Mendelson E, Shohat T, Glatman-Freedman A, The Israeli Influenza Surveillance Network Iisn Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: research