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A Perfect Storm: Impact of Genomic Variation and Serial Vaccination on Low Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness During the 2014-2015 Season

scientific article published on 29 March 2016

A nationwide survey of past hepatitis A infections among Canadian adults

scientific article published on 15 June 2010

A review of interventions triggered by hepatitis A infected food-handlers in Canada

scientific article published on 8 December 2006

A sentinel platform to evaluate influenza vaccine effectiveness and new variant circulation, Canada 2010-2011 season

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Absence of association between Guillain-Barré syndrome hospitalizations and HPV-vaccine

scientific article published on 3 October 2017

Adverse events associated with 2010 CSL and other inactivated influenza vaccines

scientific article published on September 19, 2011

Adverse events following immunisation with four-component meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB): interaction with co-administration of routine infant vaccines and risk of recurrence in European randomised controlled trials

scientific article published on 19 May 2019

Age-Related Differences in Influenza B Infection by Lineage in a Community-Based Sentinel System, 2010-2011 to 2015-2016, Canada

scientific article published on September 2017

Aggregate content influences the Th1/Th2 immune response to influenza vaccine: evidence from a mouse model

scientific article published in January 2004

Allergic symptoms after pandemic influenza vaccination rarely mediated by vaccine-specific IgE

scientific article published on 06 September 2012

Analysis of mortality following a mass immunization campaign with serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine: methodological difficulties and imperfect solutions

scientific article published on 24 February 2009

Antibiotic use in children is not influenced by the result of rapid antigen detection test for the respiratory syncytial virus

scientific article published on 25 May 2007

Antibody and immune memory persistence after vaccination of preadolescents with low doses of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine

scientific article published on 11 February 2010

Antibody kinetics among 8-10 years old respondents to hepatitis B vaccination in a low endemic country and the effect of a booster dose given 5 or 10 years later

scientific article published on 13 August 2009

Antibody persistence after a single dose of quadrivalent HPV vaccine and the effect of a dose of nonavalent vaccine given 3-8 years later – an exploratory study

scholarly article by Vladimir Gilca et al published 27 September 2018 in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

Antibody persistence and response to 2010-2011 trivalent influenza vaccine one year after a single dose of 2009 AS03-adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 vaccine in children

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Antibody persistence and the effect of a booster dose given 5, 10 or 15years after vaccinating preadolescents with a recombinant hepatitis B vaccine

scientific article published on January 7, 2013

Antigenic and genetic characterization of Bordetella pertussis recovered from Quebec, Canada, 2002-2014: detection of a genetic shift

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Application of the Test-Negative Design to General Laboratory Submissions

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Assessment of naturally acquired neutralizing antibodies against rabies Lyssavirus in a subset of Nunavik's Inuit population considered most at risk of being exposed to rabid animals

scientific article published on 27 January 2019

Assessment of the status of measles elimination from reported outbreaks: United States, 1997-1999

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Association between the 2008-09 seasonal influenza vaccine and pandemic H1N1 illness during Spring-Summer 2009: four observational studies from Canada

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Bat rabies in the United States and Canada from 1950 through 2007: human cases with and without bat contact

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Bats in the bedroom, bats in the belfry: reanalysis of the rationale for rabies postexposure prophylaxis

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Beyond Antigenic Match: Possible Agent-Host and Immuno-epidemiological Influences on Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness During the 2015-2016 Season in Canada

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Canadian paediatricians' approaches to managing patients with adverse events following immunization: The role of the Special Immunization Clinic network

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Canadian vaccine research networks: Vaccine safety resources for Canada.

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Caution required in the use of administrative data and general laboratory submissions for influenza vaccine effectiveness estimation

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Children under 10 years of age were more affected by the 2018/19 influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 epidemic in Canada: possible cohort effect following the 2009 influenza pandemic

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Clinical Approach Used in Medical Consultations for Allergic-Like Events Following Immunization: Case Series Report in Relation to Practice Guidelines

scientific article published on 30 November 2016

Comments on the paper “The effectiveness of serogroup C meningococcal vaccine estimated from routine surveillance data” [P. Rivest, R. Allard, Vaccine 20 (2002) 2533–2536]

scientific article published on June 2, 2003

Comparative long term immunogenicity of two recombinant hepatitis B vaccines and the effect of a booster dose given after five years in a low endemicity country

scientific article published in March 2005

Comparison of automated microarray detection with real-time PCR assays for detection of respiratory viruses in specimens obtained from children

scientific article published on 21 January 2009

Comparison of pandemic and seasonal influenza in the pediatric emergency department

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Comparison of risk factors for human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus disease severity in young children.

scientific article published on 2 May 2012

Comparison of trip characteristics of children and adults with travel-acquired hepatitis A infection

scientific article published in December 2006

Component-specific effectiveness of trivalent influenza vaccine as monitored through a sentinel surveillance network in Canada, 2006-2007.

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Contagious period for pandemic (H1N1) 2009.

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Cross-lineage influenza B and heterologous influenza A antibody responses in vaccinated mice: immunologic interactions and B/Yamagata dominance

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Cross-reactive and vaccine-induced antibody to an emerging swine-origin variant of influenza A virus subtype H3N2 (H3N2v).

scientific article published on 7 August 2012

Delayed measles vaccination of toddlers in Canada: associated socio-demographic factors and parental knowledge, attitudes and beliefs

scientific article published on 6 December 2017

Distribution and clinical impact of human respiratory syncytial virus genotypes in hospitalized children over 2 winter seasons

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Do Dose Numbers Matter?: Evaluation of Differing Infant and Toddler Meningococcal C Conjugate Vaccine Programs in Canadian Children

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Does antigen-specific cytokine response correlate with the experience of oculorespiratory syndrome after influenza vaccine?

scientific article published on 24 January 2003

Dramatic reduction in hepatitis B through school-based immunization without a routine infant program in a low endemicity region

scientific article published on 12 June 2015

Early season co-circulation of influenza A(H3N2) and B(Yamagata): interim estimates of 2017/18 vaccine effectiveness, Canada, January 2018.

scientific article published in February 2018

Ecological Fallacy, Nonspecific Outcomes, and the Attribution of Disproportionate Vaccine Benefits.

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Economic evaluation of an extended acellular pertussis vaccine program for adolescents in Québec, Canada

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Economic impact of the introduction of an acellular pertussis vaccine in Canada: a 6-year analysis

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Effect of age at vaccination on the measles vaccine effectiveness and immunogenicity: systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 29 March 2020

Effectiveness of AS03 adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 vaccine: case-control evaluation based on sentinel surveillance system in Canada, autumn 2009.

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Effectiveness of a mass immunization campaign using serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Effectiveness of pandemic H1N1 vaccine against influenza-related hospitalization in children

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Effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine using a 2+1 infant schedule in Quebec, Canada

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Effectiveness of serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine: a 7-year follow-up in Quebec, Canada

scientific article published on 01 July 2011

Effectiveness of serogroup C meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine: results from a case-control study in Quebec

scientific article published on 11 March 2005

Effectiveness of three pneumococcal conjugate vaccines to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease in Quebec, Canada

scientific article published on 15 April 2015

Effectiveness of three pneumococcal conjugate vaccines to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease in Quebec, Canada

scientific article published in April 2016

Elevated inflammatory mediators in adults with oculorespiratory syndrome following influenza immunization: a public health agency of Canada/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Influenza Research Network Study

scientific article published on 22 May 2013

Estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness for 2007-2008 from Canada's sentinel surveillance system: cross-protection against major and minor variants

scientific article published on 9 April 2012

Evaluation of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine programs in Canadian children: Interim analysis

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Evaluation of serological diagnostic methods for the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus

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Evidence in a cluster randomized controlled trial of increased 2009 pandemic risk associated with 2008-09 seasonal influenza vaccine receipt

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Field performance of a rapid diagnostic test for influenza in an ambulatory setting

scientific article published on 08 July 2009

Genetic diversity and molecular evolution of the major human metapneumovirus surface glycoproteins over a decade.

scientific article published on 4 September 2013

Has the change to acellular pertussis vaccine improved or worsened pertussis control?

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Higher risk of measles when the first dose of a 2-dose schedule of measles vaccine is given at 12-14 months versus 15 months of age.

scientific article published on 27 April 2012

Hospitalizations for diarrhea in Quebec children from 1985 to 1998: estimates of rotavirus-associated diarrhea

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Host and viral factors affecting clinical performance of a rapid diagnostic test for respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized children

scientific article published on 30 April 2013

Household transmission of the 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 influenza virus: elevated laboratory‐confirmed secondary attack rates and evidence of asymptomatic infections.

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Human metapneumovirus infections in hospitalized children

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Human metapneumovirus viral load is an important risk factor for disease severity in young children

scientific article published on 12 March 2014

Human respiratory syncytial virus and other viral infections in infants receiving palivizumab

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Immune responses in adults to revaccination with a tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine 10 years after a previous dose

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Immunization practices in acute lymphocytic leukemia and post-hematopoietic stem cell transplant in Canadian Pediatric Hematology/Oncology centers

scientific article published on 10 March 2016

Immunizing Patients With Adverse Events After Immunization and Potential Contraindications to Immunization: A Report From the Special Immunization Clinics Network

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Immunizing Patients with Adverse Events Following Immunization in the Canadian Special Immunization Clinic Network (2015–2017)

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Immuno-epidemiologic correlates of pandemic H1N1 surveillance observations: higher antibody and lower cell-mediated immune responses with advanced age.

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Immunogenicity and safety of a mixed vaccination schedule with one dose of nonavalent and one dose of bivalent HPV vaccine versus two doses of nonavalent vaccine - A randomized clinical trial

scientific article published on 09 October 2018

Immunogenicity of quadrivalent HPV and combined hepatitis A and B vaccine when co-administered or administered one month apart to 9-10 year-old girls according to 0-6 month schedule

scientific article published on January 2014

Immunogenicity of two paediatric doses of monovalent hepatitis B or combined hepatitis A and B vaccine in 8-10-year-old children

scientific article published on 09 August 2004

Impact of an Immunization Campaign to Control an Increased Incidence of Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease in One Region of Quebec, Canada

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Impact of the addition of new vaccines in the early childhood schedule on vaccine coverage by 24 months of age from 2006 to 2016 in Quebec, Canada

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Impact of the quebec school-based hepatitis B immunization program and potential benefit of the addition of an infant immunization program

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Impact of vaccine cost and information about complications of varicella on parental decision regarding varicella vaccine

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

Impact of vaccine delays at the 2, 4, 6 and 12 month visits on incomplete vaccination status by 24 months of age in Quebec, Canada

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Importance of viral and bacterial infections in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations

scientific article published on 7 August 2009

In memoriam, Bernard Duval (1949-2008).

scientific article published on 22 November 2009

Increased risk of anaphylaxis following administration of 2009 AS03-adjuvanted monovalent pandemic A/H1N1 (H1N1pdm09) vaccine.

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Ineffectiveness of the current strategy to prevent hepatitis A in travelers

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Infections by human coronavirus-NL in hospitalized children

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Influenza A/subtype and B/lineage effectiveness estimates for the 2011-2012 trivalent vaccine: cross-season and cross-lineage protection with unchanged vaccine

scientific article published on 19 January 2014

Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers: Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Benefit Underpinning Policies of Enforcement

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Influenza vaccine effectiveness in the elderly based on administrative databases: change in immunization habit as a marker for bias

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Influenza Β/Victoria antigen induces strong recall of Β/Yamagata but lower Β/Victoria response in children primed with two doses of Β/Yamagata

scientific article published on October 2011

Integrated Sentinel Surveillance Linking Genetic, Antigenic, and Epidemiologic Monitoring of Influenza Vaccine-Virus Relatedness and Effectiveness During the 2013-2014 Influenza Season

scientific article published on 17 March 2015

Interim estimates of 2015/16 vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, Canada, February 2016.

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Interim estimates of 2016/17 vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H3N2), Canada, January 2017.

scientific article published on February 2017

Interim estimates of 2018/19 vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, Canada, January 2019

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Investigation of an increase in large local reactions following vaccine schedule change to include DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib (Infanrix-hexa®) and MMRV (ProQuad®) at 18 months of age

scientific article published on 27 September 2018

Is routine influenza immunization warranted in early pregnancy?

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Largest Measles Epidemic in North America in a Decade—Quebec, Canada, 2011: Contribution of Susceptibility, Serendipity, and Superspreading Events

scientific article published on December 21, 2012

Long intervals between two doses of HPV vaccines and magnitude of the immune response: A post-hoc analysis of two clinical trials

scientific article published on 03 June 2019

Long-lasting measles outbreak affecting several unrelated networks of unvaccinated persons.

scientific article published in November 2009

Long-term immunogenicity of two pediatric doses of combined hepatitis A and B or monovalent hepatitis B vaccine in 8 to 10-year-old children and the effect of a challenge dose given seven years later

scientific article published in October 2009

Long-term persistence of immunity after vaccination of pre-adolescents with low doses of a recombinant hepatitis B vaccine

scientific article published on 06 June 2013

Low 2012-13 influenza vaccine effectiveness associated with mutation in the egg-adapted H3N2 vaccine strain not antigenic drift in circulating viruses

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Low risk of recurrence of oculorespiratory syndrome following influenza revaccination

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Measles elimination in Canada

scientific article published in May 2004

Measles in Canada Between 2002 and 2013.

scientific article published on 15 April 2015

Measles in children vaccinated with 2 doses of MMR.

scientific article published on 21 October 2013

Mechanism for Seasonal Vaccine Effect on Pandemic H1N1 Risk Remains Uncertain

article by D. M. Skowronski et al published 15 March 2011 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Methodologic issues regarding the use of three observational study designs to assess influenza vaccine effectiveness

scientific article published on 2 April 2007

Mid-Season Estimates of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness against Influenza A(H3N2) Hospitalization in the Elderly in Quebec, Canada, January 2015

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

Modeling the impact of one- and two-dose varicella vaccination on the epidemiology of varicella and zoster

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Molecular evolution of respiratory syncytial virus fusion gene, Canada, 2006-2010.

scientific article published in January 2012

Multiplex real-time PCR assay for detection of influenza and human respiratory syncytial viruses.

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Mutations acquired during cell culture isolation may affect antigenic characterisation of influenza A(H3N2) clade 3C.2a viruses

scientific article published on January 2016

Nationwide canadian study of hepatitis a antibody prevalence among children eight to thirteen years old.

scientific article published in June 2005

Oculo-respiratory syndrome after influenza vaccination: trends over four influenza seasons

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Oculo-respiratory syndrome following influenza vaccination: evidence for occurrence with more than one influenza vaccine

scientific article published on June 2, 2003

Oculo-respiratory syndrome: a new influenza vaccine-associated adverse event?

scientific article published on 5 March 2003

Ophthalmological and Biological Features of the Oculorespiratory Syndrome after Influenza Vaccination

scientific article published on September 18, 2003

Other respiratory viruses are important contributors to adult respiratory hospitalizations and mortality even during peak weeks of the influenza season

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Paresthesia and sensory disturbances associated with 2009 pandemic vaccine receipt: Clinical features and risk factors.

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Pertussis resurgence in Canada largely caused by a cohort effect

scientific article published in January 2003

Pertussis vaccination beyond childhood

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Pneumococcal vaccination and myocardial infarction

scientific article published in February 2009

Population-based survey of travel patterns among Canadians visiting hepatitis A-endemic countries

scientific article published on July 2007

Post-immunisation fever and the antibody response to measles-containing vaccines

scientific article published on 11 June 2018

Pre- and postpandemic estimates of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) seroprotection to inform surveillance-based incidence, by age, during the 2013-2014 epidemic in Canada.

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Preadolescent non- and hyporesponders following three doses of hepatitis B vaccine need only one more dose

scientific article published in November 2002

Prevalence of risk factors for acquiring measles during the 2011 outbreak in Quebec and impact of the province-wide school-based vaccination campaign on population immunity

scientific article published on 11 October 2017

Prevalence of seroprotection against the pandemic (H1N1) virus after the 2009 pandemic

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RE: "DETECTABLE RISKS IN STUDIES OF THE FETAL BENEFITS OF MATERNAL INFLUENZA VACCINATION"

scientific article published on 01 May 2017

Randomized controlled ferret study to assess the direct impact of 2008-09 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine on A(H1N1)pdm09 disease risk

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Randomized controlled trial of dose response to influenza vaccine in children aged 6 to 23 months

scientific article published on 18 July 2011

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to assess the rate of recurrence of oculorespiratory syndrome following influenza vaccination among persons previously affected.

scientific article published on 26 September 2003

Rapid decline of influenza vaccine-induced antibody in the elderly: is it real, or is it relevant?

scientific article published on February 2008

Re: "Effectiveness of Adjuvanted Influenza Vaccination in Elderly Subjects in Northern Italy"

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Recurrence risk of oculorespiratory syndrome after influenza vaccination: randomized controlled trial of previously affected persons

scientific article published in November 2004

Reduced antibody response to infant measles vaccination: effects based on type and timing of the first vaccine dose persist after the second dose

scientific article published on 08 June 2017

Regrettable lack of definition of the “well tolerated” vaccine

scientific article published on 01 April 2010

Repeat Influenza Vaccination and High-Dose Efficacy

scientific article published in 2016

Repeat Influenza Vaccination and High-Dose Efficacy

article published in 2016

Repeated annual influenza vaccination and vaccine effectiveness: review of evidence

scientific article published on 31 May 2017

Reply to Chung et al

scientific article published in 2017

Risk and prevention of meningococcal disease among education workers: A review

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Risk factors associated with anaphylaxis and other allergic-like events following receipt of 2009 monovalent AS03-adjuvanted pandemic influenza vaccine in Quebec, Canada.

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Risk factors for hospitalization and severe outcomes of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in Quebec, Canada.

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Risk factors for influenza among health care workers during 2009 pandemic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome Following H1N1 Influenza Vaccination in Quebec

scientific article published on July 11, 2012

Role of Egg-adaptation Mutations in Low Influenza A(H3N2) Vaccine Effectiveness During the 2012-2013 Season

scholarly article by Danuta M Skowronski & Gaston De Serres published 15 October 2018 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Safe vaccination of patients with egg allergy by using live attenuated influenza vaccine

scientific article published on 03 October 2014

Safe vaccination of patients with egg allergy with an adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 vaccine

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Safety of live-attenuated influenza vaccination in cystic fibrosis.

scientific article published on 15 September 2014

School absenteeism as an adjunct surveillance indicator: experience during the second wave of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic in Quebec, Canada

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Seasonal influenza vaccine and increased risk of pandemic A/H1N1‐related illness: first detection of the association in British Columbia, Canada

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Seasonal vaccine effectiveness against pandemic A/H1N1

scientific article published in The Lancet

Selection Bias in the Assessment of Frailty and Its Role in Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Evaluation Among Elderly Adults

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

Selection bias explains seasonal vaccine's protection

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Selection bias in the comparison between adjuvanted and unadjuvanted influenza vaccine effectiveness

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Serial Vaccination and the Antigenic Distance Hypothesis: Effects on Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness During A(H3N2) Epidemics in Canada, 2010-2011 to 2014-2015.

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Seroconversion to seasonal influenza viruses after A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infection, Quebec, Canada

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Seroprevalence of hepatitis A infection in a low endemicity country: a systematic review

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Short and long-term safety of the 2009 AS03-adjuvanted pandemic vaccine

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Short- and Long-Term Effects of a Challenge Dose of Hepatitis B Vaccine in Individuals With and Without Residual Anti-HBs

scientific article published on 25 June 2015

Short-term safety of 4CMenB vaccine during a mass meningococcal B vaccination campaign in Quebec, Canada

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Should Sex Be Considered an Effect Modifier in the Evaluation of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness?

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Skin testing to evaluate oculo-respiratory syndrome (ORS) associated with influenza vaccination during the 2000-2001 season

scientific article published in June 2002

Solicited adverse events after influenza immunization among infants, toddlers, and their household contacts.

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Strain variation among Bordetella pertussis isolates from Québec and Alberta provinces of Canada from 1985 to 1994

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Systematic community- and hospital-based surveillance for enterovirus-D68 in three Canadian provinces, August to December 2014.

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The Effect of Changing From Whole-Cell to Acellular Pertussis Vaccine on the Epidemiology of Hospitalized Children With Pertussis in Canada

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The Number Needed to Vaccinate to Prevent Infant Pertussis Hospitalization and Death Through Parent Cocoon Immunization

scientific article published on 08 December 2011

The changing age and seasonal profile of pertussis in Canada

scientific article published on 22 April 2002

The clinical spectrum of the oculo-respiratory syndrome after influenza vaccination

scientific article published on June 2, 2003

The cost of preventing rabies at any cost: post-exposure prophylaxis for occult bat contact

scientific article published on 09 July 2008

The need for validation of statistical methods for estimating respiratory virus-attributable hospitalization

scientific article published on 13 August 2009

Transmission dynamics and risk factors for pandemic H1N1-related illness: outbreak investigation in a rural community of British Columbia, Canada

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Transmission of acute gastroenteritis and respiratory illness from children to parents.

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Trends of hepatitis A hospitalization and risk factors in Quebec, Canada, between 1990 and 2003.

scientific article published on 18 April 2007

Understanding suboptimal influenza vaccine effectiveness within the agent, host, and environment paradigm.

scientific article published on 25 April 2013

Unique roles of a data and safety monitoring board in vaccine safety trials with compressed timelines and urgent implications.

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Use of surveillance data to estimate the effectiveness of the 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in children less than 5 years of age over a 9 year period

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Varicella vaccine: factors influencing uptake

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

[Coverage of anti-tetanus vaccinations in adults in Canada-year 2002. ]

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

[Factors determining utilization of a Web site by parents in order to report side effects of vaccines]

scientific article published on 01 November 2008

[Public health: the control of meningococcal disease in Quebec].

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[Why are some children incompletely vaccinated at the age of 2?]

scientific article published on 01 May 2003