Uptake and impact of vaccinating primary school children against influenza: Experiences in the fourth season of the live attenuated influenza vaccination programme, England, 2016/2017.
Mary Anissa SinnathambyFiona WarburtonNick AndrewsNicola L BoddingtonHongxin ZhaoJoanna EllisElise TessierMatthew DonatiAlex J ElliotHelen E HughesRachel ByfordGillian E SmithManasa TripathySimon de LusignanMaria ZambonRichard G PebodyPublished in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses (2021)
These results are similar to earlier seasons of the programme indicating the importance and continuing support of vaccinating all primary school children with LAIV to reduce influenza related illness across the population, although further work is needed to understand the differences in excess mortality.