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Infectious virus in exhaled breath of symptomatic

Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Lead Author: Yan J, et al.
Original date of publication: 01/30/2018
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29348203/

Summary Context

This study found that people vaccinated against flu two seasons consecutively were 6 tumes more contagious than unvaccinated people

Comments

This study looked at infectiousness and found 6-time higher risk for those who were vaccinated 2 years in a row against influenza

Abstract or Results, Key Passages

” Fine-aerosol viral RNA was also positively associated with having influenza vaccination for both the current and prior season”


Keywords: effectivenessfluinfectiousnessinfluenzaseasonal influenza vaccinevariants
Full Author List: Jing Yan, Michael Grantham, Jovan Pantelic, Jacob Bueno de Mesquita, Barbara Albert , Fengjie Liu, Sheryl Ehrman , Donald K Milton ; EMIT Consortium