Preventive effects of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in the elderly - results from a population-based retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Norman Rose (Author), Josephine Storch (Author), Anna Mikolajetz (Author), Thomas Lehmann (Author), Konrad Reinhart (Author), Mathias W Pletz (Author), Christina Forstner (Author), Horst Christian Vollmar (Author), Antje Freytag (Author), Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations are recommended in the elderly to reduce life-threatening complications like sepsis. Protection may be reduced with increasing age. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of both vaccines in the elderly by performing a retrospective cohort study of 138,877 indiv...