Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31779153›Full record

ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2019

The Importance of Vaccinating Children and Pregnant Women against Influenza Virus Infection.

Ravi S Misra, Jennifer L Nayak

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Review in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Association between Viral Infections and Risk of Autistic Disorder: An Overview.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. One step closer to influenza vaccine inclusiveness.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2020
    Article
  7. Influenza Virus and Vaccination.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
    Article
  8. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ravi S MisraDepartment of Pediatrics Division of Neonatology, The University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14623, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1352-4378
Jennifer L NayakDepartment of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, The University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14623, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5042-3031
University of Rochester Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza virus infection is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality in the pediatric and pregnant women populations, with deaths frequently caused by severe influenza-associated lower respiratory tract infection and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). An appropriate immune response requires controlling the viral infection through activation of antiviral defenses, which involves cells of the lung and immune system. High levels of viral infection or high levels of inflammation in the lower airways can contribute to ARDS. Pregnant women and young children, especially those born prematurely, may develop serious complications if infected with influenza virus. Vaccination against influenza will lead to lower infection rates and fewer complications, even if the vaccine is poorly matched to circulating viral strains, with maternal vaccination offering infants protection via antibody transmission through the placenta and breast milk. Despite the health benefits of the influenza vaccine, vaccination rates around the world remain well below targets. Trust in the use of vaccines among the public must be restored in order to increase vaccination rates and decrease the public health burden of influenza.

Indexed as

ARDSinfluenza viruslungmorbiditypediatricspregnant womenvaccination ratevaccines

Identifiers

PMID31779153
PMCPMC6963306
OpenAlexW2991459752

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