Population effects of influenza vaccination in children and adolescents: Systematic review
There is no clear evidence of indirect effects from influenza vaccination in children. While plausible, effect size is uncertain and varies by study design, population, and vaccine type. Stronger indirect effects appeared only when direct VE was high.
Authors
- Veronika Učakar
- Anna Hayman Robertson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6295-0528)
- Ole Wichmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2353-7188)
- Angeliki Melidou
- Kate Olsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8398-2470)
- Johanna Rubin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1541-0064)
- Ioanna D. Pavlopoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0607-8266)
- Elizabeth Lynch
- Madeleine Batke
- Vanessa Piechotta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1422-6898)
- Júlia Wilhelm
- Hanna Nohynek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8220-3669)
- Joerg J Meerpohl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1333-5403)
- Philipp Kapp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3463-4605)
- Tyra Grove Krause (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6286-5999)
- Yuan Chi
- Jørgen de Jonge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3167-2435)
- Thomas Harder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8659-220X)
- Kari Johansen
- Jaime Jesús Pérez
- Lea Gorenflo
- Carmen Olmedo
- Mona Askar
- Karam Adel
Institutions
- Statens Serum Institut (DK)
- Public Health Agency of Sweden (SE)
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Robert Koch Institute (DE)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
- National Institute of Public Health (SI)
- Ministry of Public Health (CM)
- Ministry of Health (GR)
- Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia (ES)
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (SE)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2025-12-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.128040
- Primary Topic
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00