Cost-effectiveness of switching from trivalent to quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccines for the at-risk population in Italy

• Main Authors: Francesco Saverio Mennini (Author), Chiara Bini (Author), Andrea Marcellusi (Author), Alessandro Rinaldi (Author), Elisabetta Franco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Seasonal influenza is caused by two subtypes of influenza A and two lineages of influenza B. Although trivalent influenza vaccines (TIVs) contain both circulating A strains, they contain only a single B-lineage strain. This can lead to mismatches between the vaccine and predominant circulating B lin...