TY - JOUR
T1 - Effectiveness of seasonal inactivated influenza vaccination in Japanese schoolchildren
T2 - an epidemiologic study at the community level
AU - Kuniyoshi, Yasutaka
AU - Obara, Taku
AU - Ishikuro, Mami
AU - Matsubara, Hiroko
AU - Nagai, Masato
AU - Murakami, Keiko
AU - Noda, Aoi
AU - Kikuya, Masahiro
AU - Kure, Shigeo
AU - Kuriyama, Shinichi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the MEXT Tohoku Medical Megabank Project and Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) [grant number JP15km0105001]. We would like to thank the Miyagi Prefectural Board of Education and the municipal boards of education in Iwanuma, Watari, Yamamoto, Shiroishi, Natori, Kakuda, Zao, Shichikashuku, Ogawara, Murata, Shibata, Kawasaki, Marumori, Kesennuma, Tome, Kurihara, Higashimatsushima, Osaki, Shichigahama, Taiwa, Osato, Shikama, Kami, Wakuya, Misato, Onagawa, and Minamisanriku for participating in the study.
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PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Influenza vaccination is the most effective method for preventing influenza virus infection. The incidence of influenza is higher in schoolchildren than other age groups. This study evaluated the effectiveness of seasonal inactivated influenza vaccination (IIV) in a community population of schoolchildren during two seasons. This study was a cross-sectional survey of public schoolchildren based on data collected in the 2012/2013 and 2014/2015 seasons. The questionnaire was distributed to all public schoolchildren of target grade in a survey area, and 7945 respondents were included in the analysis. The vaccination status and influenza onset were defined based on the self-reported questionnaire by parents or guardians. Generalized linear mixed models were used to adjust clustering within schools and individual covariates and calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations between vaccination status and influenza onset. The influenza incidence was higher in the 2015 than the 2013 survey (25% versus 17%), although the vaccination rates were comparable between the two seasons. Receiving one- or two-dose vaccination was more protective against influenza than non-vaccination in both the 2013 (OR, 0.77; 95%CI, 0.65–0.92) and 2015 (OR, 0.88; 95%CI, 0.75–1.02) surveys. Full vaccination was also more protective in both the 2013 (OR, 0.75; 95%CI, 0.62–0.89) and 2015 (OR, 0.86; 95%CI, 0.74–1.00) surveys. Seasonal IIV was protective against influenza for Japanese schoolchildren in a community-based real-world setting. The difference in clinical effectiveness of IIV between the two seasons was likely due to the antigenic mismatch between the circulating and vaccine strains.
AB - Influenza vaccination is the most effective method for preventing influenza virus infection. The incidence of influenza is higher in schoolchildren than other age groups. This study evaluated the effectiveness of seasonal inactivated influenza vaccination (IIV) in a community population of schoolchildren during two seasons. This study was a cross-sectional survey of public schoolchildren based on data collected in the 2012/2013 and 2014/2015 seasons. The questionnaire was distributed to all public schoolchildren of target grade in a survey area, and 7945 respondents were included in the analysis. The vaccination status and influenza onset were defined based on the self-reported questionnaire by parents or guardians. Generalized linear mixed models were used to adjust clustering within schools and individual covariates and calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations between vaccination status and influenza onset. The influenza incidence was higher in the 2015 than the 2013 survey (25% versus 17%), although the vaccination rates were comparable between the two seasons. Receiving one- or two-dose vaccination was more protective against influenza than non-vaccination in both the 2013 (OR, 0.77; 95%CI, 0.65–0.92) and 2015 (OR, 0.88; 95%CI, 0.75–1.02) surveys. Full vaccination was also more protective in both the 2013 (OR, 0.75; 95%CI, 0.62–0.89) and 2015 (OR, 0.86; 95%CI, 0.74–1.00) surveys. Seasonal IIV was protective against influenza for Japanese schoolchildren in a community-based real-world setting. The difference in clinical effectiveness of IIV between the two seasons was likely due to the antigenic mismatch between the circulating and vaccine strains.
KW - Antigenic mismatch
KW - generalized linear mixed model
KW - schoolchildren
KW - trivalent influenza vaccine
KW - vaccine effectiveness
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U2 - 10.1080/21645515.2019.1655833
DO - 10.1080/21645515.2019.1655833
M3 - Article
C2 - 31424311
AN - SCOPUS:85074018549
VL - 16
SP - 295
EP - 300
JO - Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
JF - Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
SN - 2164-5515
IS - 2
ER -