Vaccine for prevention of mild and moderate-to-severe influenza in children

• Main Authors: Varsha K. Jain, Luis Rivera, Khalequ Zaman, Roberto A. Espos, Chukiat Sirivichayakul, Beatriz P. Quiambao, Doris M. Rivera-Medina, Pirunghul Kerdpanich, Mehmet Ceyhan, Ener C. Dinleyici, Alejandro Cravioto, Mohammed Yunus, Pornthep Chanthavanich, Kriengsak Limkittikul, Zafer Kurugol, Emre Alhan, Adrian Caplanusi, Serge Durviaux, Philippe Boutet, Opokua Ofori-Anyinam, Vijayalakshmi Chandrasekaran, Ghassan Dbaibo, Bruce L. Innis
• Other Authors: GlaxoSmithKline, USA
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/32698
• Institution: Mahidol University

BACKGROUND: Commonly used trivalent vaccines contain one influenza B virus lineage and may be ineffective against viruses of the other B lineage. We evaluated the efficacy of a candidate inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV) containing both B lineages. METHODS: In this multinational, phas...