Reply to Skowronski and Chambers

Allen C Cheng^{1

2}, Kristine K Macartney^{3

4}, Grant W Waterer^{5

6}, Tom Kotsimbos⁷, Paul M Kelly^{8

9}, Christopher C Blyth^{10

11

12

13}

Affiliations

¹ Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Unit, Alfred Health.
² School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria.
³ National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance.
⁴ Children's Hospital at Westmead, Syndey, New South Wales.
⁵ Royal Perth Hospital.
⁶ University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, Western Australia.
⁷ Department of Allergy, Immunology, and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Health, Melbourne.
⁸ ACT Health Directorate.
⁹ Australian National University Medical School, Canberra.
¹⁰ School of Paediatrics and Child Health, UWA, Perth.
¹¹ Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, UWA.
¹² Department of Infectious Diseases, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Subiaco.
¹³ Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Perth, Australia.

Comment

Allen C Cheng et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2017.

. 2017 Jul 15;65(2):355.

doi: 10.1093/cid/cix376.

Allen C Cheng^{1

2}, Kristine K Macartney^{3

4}, Grant W Waterer^{5

6}, Tom Kotsimbos⁷, Paul M Kelly^{8

9}, Christopher C Blyth^{10

11

12

13}

¹ Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Unit, Alfred Health.
² School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria.
³ National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance.
⁴ Children's Hospital at Westmead, Syndey, New South Wales.
⁵ Royal Perth Hospital.
⁶ University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, Western Australia.
⁷ Department of Allergy, Immunology, and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Health, Melbourne.
⁸ ACT Health Directorate.
⁹ Australian National University Medical School, Canberra.
¹⁰ School of Paediatrics and Child Health, UWA, Perth.
¹¹ Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, UWA.
¹² Department of Infectious Diseases, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Subiaco.
¹³ Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Perth, Australia.

No abstract available

Comment on

Repeated Vaccination Does Not Appear to Impact Upon Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Hospitalization With Confirmed Influenza.
Cheng AC, Macartney KK, Waterer GW, Kotsimbos T, Kelly PM, Blyth CC; Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN) Investigators. Cheng AC, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 1;64(11):1564-1572. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix209. Clin Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 28329167
Pooling and the Potential Dilution of Repeat Influenza Vaccination Effects.
Skowronski DM, Chambers C. Skowronski DM, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jul 15;65(2):353-355. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix375. Clin Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 28430894 No abstract available.