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McLean HQ, Caspard H, Griffin MR, Poehling KA, Gaglani M, Belongia EA, Talbot HK, Peters TR, Murthy K, Ambrose CS. Effectiveness of live attenuated influenza vaccine and inactivated influenza vaccine in children during the 2014-2015 season. Vaccine. 2017 May 9;35(35). 2685-2693.
Abstract
A clinical study found that live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) was superior to inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) against drifted A(H3N2) viruses in children. During the 2014-2015 influenza season, widespread circulation of antigenically and genetically drifted A(H3N2) viruses provided an opportunity to evaluate subtype-specific vaccine effectiveness (VE) of quadrivalent LAIV (LAIV4) and IIV in children.