Effectiveness of the influenza vaccine at preventing hospitalization due to acute lower respiratory infection and exacerbation of chronic cardiopulmonary disease in Korea during 2010–2011

• Published in: Vaccine Vol. 31; no. 10; pp. 1426 - 1430
• Main Authors: Seo, Yu Bin, Hong, Kyoung-wook, Kim, In Seon, Choi, Won Suk, Baek, Ji Hyeon, Lee, Jacob, Song, Joon Young, Lee, Jin Soo, Cheong, Hee Jin, Kim, Woo Joo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 27.02.2013; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Aged; Allergy and Immunology; Applied microbiology; asthma; Biological and medical sciences; Body mass index; bronchitis; Bronchopneumonia - epidemiology; Bronchopneumonia - pathology; Bronchopneumonia - prevention & control; Cardiovascular diseases; Case-Control Studies; Case–control study; Chronic cardiovascular disease; Chronic respiratory disease; Cohort Studies; confidence interval; disease outbreaks; Effectiveness; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gender; Hospitalization; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; hospitals; Humans; Immunization; Influenza; Influenza vaccine; Influenza Vaccines - administration & dosage; Influenza Vaccines - immunology; Influenza, Human - complications; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - pathology; Influenza, Human - prevention & control; Korea; Korean Peninsula; logit analysis; Male; Microbiology; Middle Aged; myocardial ischemia; odds ratio; patients; pneumonia; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - pathology; Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - pathology; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; risk; vaccination; Vaccines; Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies (general aspects); Korean Peninsula; Asia; Far east; Korea; Republic of Korea; Effectiveness; Chronic cardiovascular disease; Influenza vaccine; Case–control study; Chronic respiratory disease; Korea; Chronic disease; Respiratory disease; Acute; Cardiovascular disease; Case-control study; Vaccine; Case control study; Infection; Viral disease; Influenza

► We estimated the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine at preventing hospitalization. ► The overall vaccine effectiveness for preventing hospitalization was 32.5%. ► The effectiveness in patients aged ≥65 years with chronic heart disease was 72.6%. Influenza epidemics are accompanied by a conside...