The impact of repeated vaccination on relative influenza vaccine effectiveness among vaccinated adults in the United Kingdom

Annual seasonal influenza vaccination is recommended for individuals at high risk of developing post-infection complications in many locations. However, reduced vaccine immunogenicity and effectiveness have been observed among repeat vaccinees in some influenza seasons. We investigated the impact of repeated influenza vaccination on relative vaccine effectiveness (VE) among individuals who were recommended for influenza vaccination in the United Kingdom with a retrospective cohort study using primary healthcare data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink, a primary care database in the United Kingdom. Relative VE was estimated against general practitioner-diagnosed influenza-like illnesses (GP-ILI) and medically attended acute respiratory illnesses (MAARI) among participants who have been repeatedly vaccinated compared with first-time vaccinees using proportional hazards models. Relative VE against MAARI may be reduced for individuals above 65 years old who were vaccinated in the current and previous influenza seasons for some influenza seasons. However, these findings were not conclusive as we could not exclude the possibility of residual confounding in our dataset. The use of routinely collected data from electronic health records to examine the effects of repeated vaccination needs to be complemented with sufficient efforts to include negative control outcomes to rule out residual confounding.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:150

Enthalten in:

Epidemiology and infection - 150(2022) vom: 04. Nov., Seite e198

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lim, Wey Wen [VerfasserIn]
Cowling, Benjamin J [VerfasserIn]
Nakafero, Georgina [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Shuo [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen-Van-Tam, Jonathan S [VerfasserIn]
Bolt, Hikaru [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

‘Influenza, Human' [MeSH]
‘Influenza vaccines’ [MeSH]
‘vaccination’ [MeSH]
Clinical Practice Research Datalink
Influenza Vaccines
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vaccine effectiveness

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 05.12.2022

Date Revised 08.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1017/S0950268822001753

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348449674