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Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers: Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Benefit Underpinning Policies of Enforcement

  • Gaston De Serres ,

    Contributed equally to this work with: Gaston De Serres, Danuta M. Skowronski

    * E-mail: gaston.deserres@inspq.qc.ca

    Affiliations Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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  • Danuta M. Skowronski ,

    Contributed equally to this work with: Gaston De Serres, Danuta M. Skowronski

    Affiliations British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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  • Brian J. Ward,

    Affiliation Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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  • Michael Gardam,

    Affiliation University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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  • Camille Lemieux,

    Affiliation University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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  • Annalee Yassi,

    Affiliation University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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  • David M. Patrick,

    Affiliations British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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  • Mel Krajden,

    Affiliations British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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  • Mark Loeb,

    Affiliation McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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  • Peter Collignon,

    Affiliations Australian National University, Acton, Australia, Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia

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  • Fabrice Carrat

    Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France, Sorbonne Universités, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Unité de Santé Publique, Paris, France

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Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers: Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Benefit Underpinning Policies of Enforcement

  • Gaston De Serres, 
  • Danuta M. Skowronski, 
  • Brian J. Ward, 
  • Michael Gardam, 
  • Camille Lemieux, 
  • Annalee Yassi, 
  • David M. Patrick, 
  • Mel Krajden, 
  • Mark Loeb, 
  • Peter Collignon
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  • Published: January 27, 2017
  • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163586
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