The One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization workshop, organized jointly by the United States CDC, US Department of Agriculture, and US Department for the Interior, recently reported a list of 8 top zoonotic diseases of national concern.
Compared with a standard-dose influenza vaccine, several enhanced influenza vaccines improved humoral and cell-mediated immune responses in older adults.
Study authors highlighted that while diagnostic associations are helpful in suggesting diagnostic possibilities, they must be supported by clinical correlation of characteristic clinical features.
Vaccine effectiveness and severity of current and prior seasons of influenza have demonstrated no association with vaccination rate in children, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Compared with other pediatric and adolescent vaccines, the influenza vaccination rate remains low in children. Although many reasons may affect whether a child is vaccinated, the extent…
While oral oseltamivir decreased viral shedding in adults with influenza and without risk factors for complications of influenza compared with placebo, it did not significantly decrease the time to resolution of clinical symptoms.
The use of N95 respirators vs medical masks among outpatient healthcare personnel resulted in no differences in incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza.
Compared with the standard-dose influenza vaccine, a high-dose quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine, GC3114, may provide a more effective influenza vaccine option for the elderly population.
