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Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers: Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Benefit Underpinning Policies of Enforcement by De Serres, Gaston, Skowronski, Danuta M, Ward, Brian J, Gardam, Michael, Lemieux, Camille, Yassi, Annalee, Patrick, David M, Krajden, Mel, Loeb, Mark, Collignon, Peter, Carrat, Fabrice

“…Four cluster randomized controlled trials (cRCTs) conducted in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) have reported reductions in patient risk through increased…”
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Interim estimates of 2019/20 vaccine effectiveness during early-season co-circulation of influenza A and B viruses, Canada, February 2020 by Skowronski, Danuta M, Zou, Macy, Sabaiduc, Suzana, Murti, Michelle, Olsha, Romy, Dickinson, James A, Gubbay, Jonathan B, Croxen, Matthew A, Charest, Hugues, Jassem, Agatha, Krajden, Mel, Bastien, Nathalie, Li, Yan, De Serres, Gaston

“…Interim results from Canada's Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network show that during a season characterised by early co-circulation of influenza A and B…”
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Household Transmission of the 2009 Pandemic A/H1N1 Influenza Virus: Elevated Laboratory-Confirmed Secondary Attack Rates and Evidence of Asymptomatic Infections by Papenburg, Jesse, Baz, Mariana, Hamelin, Marie-Ève, Rhéaume, Chantal, Carbonneau, Julie, Ouakki, Manale, Rouleau, Isabelle, Hardy, Isabelle, Skowronski, Danuta, Roger, Michel, Charest, Hugues, Serres, Gaston De, Boivin, Guy

“…Background. Characterizing household transmission of the 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 influenza virus (pH1N1) is critical for the design of effective public health…”
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Component-Specific Effectiveness of Trivalent Influenza Vaccine as Monitored through a Sentinel Surveillance Network in Canada, 2006–2007 by Skowronski, Danuta M., De Serres, Gaston, Dickinson, Jim, Petric, Martin, Mak, Annie, Fonseca, Kevin, Kwindt, Trijntje L., Chan, Tracy, Bastien, Nathalie, Charest, Hugues, Li, Yan

“…Background. Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) is reformulated annually to contain representative strains of 2 influenza A subtypes (H1N1 and H3N2)…”
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An Outbreak of Severe Respiratory Tract Infection Due to Human Metapneumovirus in a Long-Term Care Facility by Boivin, Guy, Serres, Gaston De, Hamelin, Marie-Eve, Côté, Stéphanie, Argouin, Marco, Tremblay, Geneviève, Maranda-Aubut, Renée, Sauvageau, Chantal, Ouakki, Manale, Boulianne, Nicole, Couture, Christian

“…Background. Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a newly described paramyxovirus that is mainly associated with bronchiolitis in children. We sought to describe the…”
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Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine by Skowronski, Danuta M, De Serres, Gaston, Vergnes, Jean-Noel, Wang, Xiang, Absalon, Judith, Koury, Kenneth, Gruber, William C

“…To the Editor: Polack et al. (Dec. 31) 1 report a vaccine efficacy of 94.8% against Covid-19 after two doses of the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine BNT162b2…”
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Comparison of Automated Microarray Detection with Real-Time PCR Assays for Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Specimens Obtained from Children by Raymond, Frédéric, Carbonneau, Julie, Boucher, Nancy, Robitaille, Lynda, Boisvert, Sébastien, Wu, Whei-Kuo, De Serres, Gaston, Boivin, Guy, Corbeil, Jacques

“…Respiratory virus infections are a major health concern and represent the primary cause of testing consultation and hospitalization for young children. We…”
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Host and Viral Factors Affecting Clinical Performance of a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Hospitalized Children by Papenburg, Jesse, MD, Buckeridge, David L., MD, PhD, De Serres, Gaston, MD, PhD, Boivin, Guy, MD, MSc

“…Respiratory syncytial virus rapid antigen detection tests (RADT) are used widely. RADT exhibited high specificity (97%) and moderate sensitivity (80%) compared…”
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Field Performance of a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Influenza in an Ambulatory Setting by Rouleau, Isabelle, Charest, Hugues, Douville-Fradet, Monique, Skowronski, Danuta M, De Serres, Gaston

“…Provided test characteristics are adequate, point-of-care rapid antigen detection tests for influenza could improve the timeliness and appropriateness of…”
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Distribution and Clinical Impact of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Genotypes in Hospitalized Children over 2 Winter Seasons by Gilca, Rodica, De Serres, Gaston, Tremblay, Mireille, Vachon, Marie-Louise, Leblanc, Eric, Bergeron, Michel G., Déry, Pierre, Boivin, Guy

“…Sequencing studies of the glycoprotein G gene were performed in human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) strains detected by reverse-transcription polymerase…”
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The Changing Age and Seasonal Profile of Pertussis in Canada by Skowronski, Danuta M., De Serres, Gaston, MacDonald, Diane, Wu, Wrency, Shaw, Carol, Macnabb, Jane, Champagne, Sylvie, Patrick, David M., Halperin, Scott A.

“…During the postvaccine era in Canada, most cases of pertussis have been reported in children <5 years of age, with the highest incidence, morbidity, and…”
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Evaluation of Serological Diagnostic Methods for the 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus by Papenburg, Jesse, Baz, Mariana, Hamelin, Marie-Ève, Rhéaume, Chantal, Carbonneau, Julie, Ouakki, Manale, Rouleau, Isabelle, De Serres, Gaston, Boivin, Guy

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Repeated annual influenza vaccination and vaccine effectiveness: review of evidence by Belongia, Edward A, Skowronski, Danuta M, McLean, Huong Q, Chambers, Catharine, Sundaram, Maria E, De Serres, Gaston

“…Studies in the 1970s and 1980s signaled concern that repeated influenza vaccination could affect vaccine protection. The antigenic distance hypothesis provided…”
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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 by Al-Dabbagh, Mona, Lapphra, Keswadee, Scheifele, David W, Halperin, Scott A, Langley, Joanne M, Cho, Patricia, Kollmann, Tobias R, Li, Yan, De Serres, Gaston, Fortuno, 3rd, Edgardo S, Bettinger, Julie A

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A Perfect Storm: Impact of Genomic Variation and Serial Vaccination on Low Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness During the 2014–2015 Season by Skowronski, Danuta M., Chambers, Catharine, Sabaiduc, Suzana, De Serres, Gaston, Winter, Anne-Luise, Dickinson, James A., Krajden, Mel, Gubbay, Jonathan B., Drews, Steven J., Martineau, Christine, Eshaghi, Alireza, Kwindt, Trijntje L., Bastien, Nathalie, Li, Yan

“…Background. The 2014–2015 influenza season was distinguished by an epidemic of antigenically-drifted A(H3N2) viruses and vaccine components identical to…”
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Low 2012-13 influenza vaccine effectiveness associated with mutation in the egg-adapted H3N2 vaccine strain not antigenic drift in circulating viruses by Skowronski, Danuta M, Janjua, Naveed Z, De Serres, Gaston, Sabaiduc, Suzana, Eshaghi, Alireza, Dickinson, James A, Fonseca, Kevin, Winter, Anne-Luise, Gubbay, Jonathan B, Krajden, Mel, Petric, Martin, Charest, Hugues, Bastien, Nathalie, Kwindt, Trijntje L, Mahmud, Salaheddin M, Van Caeseele, Paul, Li, Yan

“…Influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) is generally interpreted in the context of vaccine match/mismatch to circulating strains with evolutionary drift in the…”
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Psychological Distress of Healthcare Workers in Québec (Canada) During the Second and the Third Pandemic Waves by Carazo, Sara, Pelletier, Mariève, Talbot, Denis, Jauvin, Nathalie, De Serres, Gaston, Vézina, Michel

“…We aimed to measure the prevalence of psychological distress among Quebec healthcare workers (HCWs) during the second and third pandemic waves and to assess…”
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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 by Skowronski, Danuta M., Chambers, Catharine, De Serres, Gaston, Sabaiduc, Suzana, Winter, Anne-Luise, Dickinson, James A., Gubbay, Jonathan B., Fonseca, Kevin, Drews, Steven J., Charest, Hugues, Martineau, Christine, Krajden, Mel, Petric, Martin, Bastien, Nathalie, Li, Yan, Smith, Derek J.

“…Background. The antigenic distance hypothesis (ADH) predicts that negative interference from prior season's influenza vaccine (v1) on the current season's…”
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Time trends in social contacts of individuals according to comorbidity and vaccination status, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic by Godbout, Aurélie, Drolet, Mélanie, Mondor, Myrto, Simard, Marc, Sauvageau, Chantal, De Serres, Gaston, Brisson, Marc

“…As we are confronted with more transmissible/severe variants with immune escape and the waning of vaccine efficacy, it is particularly relevant to understand…”
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Chemosensory Dysfunctions Induced by COVID-19 Can Persist up to 7 Months: A Study of Over 700 Healthcare Workers by Bussière, Nicholas, Mei, Jie, Lévesque-Boissonneault, Cindy, Blais, Mathieu, Carazo, Sara, Gros-Louis, Francois, De Serres, Gaston, Dupré, Nicolas, Frasnelli, Johannes

“…Abstract Several studies have revealed either self-reported chemosensory alterations in large groups or objective quantified chemosensory impairments in…”
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