2022
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10050699
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A Prospective Study Investigating the Impact of Obesity on the Immune Response to the Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine in Children and Adolescents

Abstract: Obesity can increase the severity of influenza infection. Data are limited regarding immune responses to influenza vaccination in obese children. We aimed to investigate the impact of obesity on quadrivalent influenza vaccine responses in children. Children with obesity (body mass index (BMI) ≥ 95th percentile for age and gender) and children without obesity (BMI < 95th percentile) were enrolled in the study. Blood samples were collected before, 1, and 6 months after influenza vaccination, to measure antibo… Show more

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“…should be instituted from an early age. In addition, overweight children should benefit from medical and psychological counselling, and active prophylactic methods, such as vaccination to prevent acute diseases that can prove to be severe in this group of patients [ 48 , 49 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…should be instituted from an early age. In addition, overweight children should benefit from medical and psychological counselling, and active prophylactic methods, such as vaccination to prevent acute diseases that can prove to be severe in this group of patients [ 48 , 49 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…73 Among children, the presence of adiposity does not appear to significantly alter the specific antibody response, and vaccine efficacy is similar to that among children of normal weight for age. 74,75…”
Section: Dovepressmentioning
confidence: 99%