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1/2024
vol. 26
 
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Towards better protection of older people against influenza and its complications. Polish recommendations for HD influenza vaccine

Aneta Nitsch-Osuch
1
,
Piotr Jankowski
2
,
Joanna Kokoszka-Paszkot
3
,
Ernest Kuchar
4
,
Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas
5
,
Przemysław Mitkowski
6
,
Jacek Wysocki
7
,
Agnieszka Zmysłowska
8
,
Adam Antczak
9

  1. Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland; Polish Society of Family Medicine
  2. Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatric Cardiology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland; Polish Cardiac Society
  3. Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Department, H. Klimontowicz Hospital, Gorlice, Poland; Polish Gerontology Society
  4. Department of Pediatrics with Clinical Decisions Unit, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; Polish Vaccinology Society; National Infectious Diseases Prevention Program
  5. Department of Family Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland; Polish Society of Family Medicine; National Infectious Diseases Prevention Program
  6. Department of Cardiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland; Polish Cardiac Society
  7. Department of Preventive Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland; Polish Vaccinology Society
  8. Department of Clinical Genetics, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland; Polish Diabetes Association
  9. Department of General and Oncological Pulmonology, Medical Univer-sity of Lodz, Lodz, Poland; National Infectious Diseases Prevention Program
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2024; 26(1): 116–122
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2024.134715
Online publish date: 2024/01/31
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Annual vaccination is the most effective protection against influenza and its serious complications. It is especially important for people at high risk of severe course of the disease and serious complications: individuals with specific chronic medical conditions, pregnant women, children aged 6–59 months, older people, and healthcare workers. Despite a progressive increase in seasonal vaccine coverage, influenza-related morbidity, mortality, and hospitalization rates remain high and have continued to increase in people aged 65 years and over. Standard vaccines against influenza are less efficient in this group due to immunosenescence. Consequently, more effective vaccines are needed to prevent influenza and its complications in older adults.
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immunosenescence, human influenza, vaccines, aged

  
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