Interim estimates of the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine against A(H3N2) influenza in adults in South Korea, 2016-2017 season

Ji Yun Noh; Sooyeon Lim; Joon Young Song; Won Suk Choi; Hye Won Jeong; Jung Yeon Heo; Jacob Lee; Yu Bin Seo; Jin Soo Lee; Seong Heon Wie; Young Keun Kim; Kyung Hwa Park; Sook In Jung; Shin Woo Kim; Sun Hee Lee; Han Sol Lee; Young Hoon Yoon; Hee Jin Cheong; Woo Joo Kim

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Interim estimates of the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine against A(H3N2) influenza in adults in South Korea, 2016-2017 season

Ji Yun Noh, Sooyeon Lim, Joon Young Song, Won Suk Choi, Hye Won Jeong, Jung Yeon Heo, Jacob Lee, Yu Bin Seo, Jin Soo Lee, Seong Heon Wie, Young Keun Kim, Kyung Hwa Park, Sook In Jung, Shin Woo Kim, Sun Hee Lee, Han Sol Lee, Young Hoon Yoon, Hee Jin Cheong, Woo Joo Kim

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In the 2016-2017 season, the A(H3N2) influenza epidemic presented an unusual early peak pattern compared with past seasons in South Korea. The interim vaccine effectiveness (VE) of influenza vaccination in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza was estimated using test-negative design through the tertiary hospital-based influenza surveillance system in South Korea. From 1 September, 2016 to 7 January, 2017, adjusted VE of influenza vaccination in preventing laboratory-confirmed A(H3N2) was -52.1% (95% confidence interval [CI], -147.2 to 6.4); -70.0% (95% CI, -212.0 to 7.4) in 19-64 years and 4.3% (95% CI, -137.8 to 61.5) in the elderly. Circulating A(H3N2) viruses belonged to the three phylogenetic subclades of 3C.2a, differently to A/Hong Kong/4801/2014, the current vaccine strain. Amino acid substitutions in hemagglutinin of circulating viruses seem to contribute to low VE. In conclusion, interim VE analysis presented that the protection of laboratory-confirmed influenza by seasonal influenza vaccination did not show the statistical significance in South Korea in the 2016-2017 influenza season.

Original language	English
Article number	e0178010
Journal	PloS one
Volume	12
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178010
Publication status	Published - 2017 May

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Noh, J. Y., Lim, S., Song, J. Y., Choi, W. S., Jeong, H. W., Heo, J. Y., Lee, J., Seo, Y. B., Lee, J. S., Wie, S. H., Kim, Y. K., Park, K. H., Jung, S. I., Kim, S. W., Lee, S. H., Lee, H. S., Yoon, Y. H., Cheong, H. J., & Kim, W. J. (2017). Interim estimates of the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine against A(H3N2) influenza in adults in South Korea, 2016-2017 season. PloS one, 12(5), [e0178010]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178010

Noh, Ji Yun ; Lim, Sooyeon ; Song, Joon Young ; Choi, Won Suk ; Jeong, Hye Won ; Heo, Jung Yeon ; Lee, Jacob ; Seo, Yu Bin ; Lee, Jin Soo ; Wie, Seong Heon ; Kim, Young Keun ; Park, Kyung Hwa ; Jung, Sook In ; Kim, Shin Woo ; Lee, Sun Hee ; Lee, Han Sol ; Yoon, Young Hoon ; Cheong, Hee Jin ; Kim, Woo Joo. / Interim estimates of the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine against A(H3N2) influenza in adults in South Korea, 2016-2017 season. In: PloS one. 2017 ; Vol. 12, No. 5.

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