Seasonal Effectiveness of Live Attenuated and Inactivated Influenza Vaccine.

Chung JR, Flannery B, Thompson MG, Gaglani M, Jackson ML, Monto AS, Nowalk MP, Talbot HK, Treanor JJ, Belongia EA, Murthy K, Jackson LA, Petrie JG, Zimmerman RK, Griffin MR, McLean HQ, Fry AM. Seasonal Effectiveness of Live Attenuated and Inactivated Influenza Vaccine. Pediatrics. 2016 Feb;137(137). 1-10. PMID: 26738884 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4732363 NIHMSID: HHSPA743791.

Abstract

Few observational studies have evaluated the relative effectiveness of live attenuated (LAIV) and inactivated (IIV) influenza vaccines against medically attended laboratory-confirmed influenza.