Annual influenza vaccination effect on the susceptibility to COVID-19 infection.
Cent Eur J Public Health
; 29(1): 14-17, 2021 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33831281
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
We aimed to study the effect of seasonal influenza (flu) vaccination on the susceptibility to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).METHODS:
A total of 203 healthcare workers of a pandemic centre of Istanbul, Turkey, were included in this retrospective study. According to the presence or absence of flu vaccination, participants were divided into group 1 and group 2. A comparison of the rate of COVID-19 was done between these two groups. Also, the mean age and the sex ratio of females/males were evaluated and compared between these two groups.RESULTS:
Group 1 participants (n = 65) were older than participants in group 2 (n = 138) (p < 0.05). Despite of this, interestingly, the COVID-19 infection rate was lower in the 1st group (in comparison to the 2nd group) (p < 0.05).CONCLUSION:
Our study results showed that, even if low, the flu vaccination may have a protective effect on the susceptibility to COVID-19 infection. Using this beneficial adjuvant effect of the vaccine may help us in this unpredictable battle with the COVID-19 pandemic. Further studies are needed to confirm this assumption.Key words
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Influenza Vaccines
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Influenza, Human
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Cent Eur J Public Health
Journal subject:
EPIDEMIOLOGIA
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Turkey