Influenza vaccination in the COVID-19 era

• Published in: Early human development Vol. 148; p. 105116
• Main Authors: Grech, Victor, Borg, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; COVID-19; Humans; Influenza Vaccines - therapeutic use; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - prevention & control; Mass Vaccination - statistics & numerical data; Models, Statistical; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
• ISSN: 0378-3782; 1872-6232; 1872-6232
• DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105116

Influenza spreads globally annually with significant paediatric and adult attack rates and considerable morbidity, mortality and the exacerbation of extant chronic disease. In the northern and southern hemispheres, outbreaks occur mainly in the respective winter seasons. Influenza vaccination is ava...