Outcomes of COVID-19 Infection in People Previously Vaccinated Against Influenza : Population-Based Cohort Study Using Primary Health Care Electronic Records
Giner-Soriano, Maria (Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)
de Dios, Vanessa (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona)
Ouchi, Dan (Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)
Vilaplana-Carnerero, Carles (Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)
Monteagudo, Mònica (Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)
Morros, Rosa (Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Fecha:	2022
Resumen:	A possible link between influenza immunization and susceptibility to the complications of COVID-19 infection has been previously suggested owing to a boost in the immunity against SARS-CoV-2. This study aimed to investigate whether individuals with COVID-19 could have benefited from vaccination against influenza. We hypothesized that the immunity resulting from the previous influenza vaccination would boost part of the immunity against SARS-CoV-2. We performed a population-based cohort study including all patients with COVID-19 with registered entries in the primary health care (PHC) electronic records during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (March 1 to June 30, 2020) in Catalonia, Spain. We compared individuals who took an influenza vaccine before being infected with COVID-19, with those who had not taken one. Data were obtained from Information System for Research in Primary Care, capturing PHC information of 5. 8 million people from Catalonia. The main outcomes assessed during follow-up were a diagnosis of pneumonia, hospital admission, and mortality. We included 309,039 individuals with COVID-19 and compared them on the basis of their influenza immunization status, with 114,181 (36. 9%) having been vaccinated at least once and 194,858 (63. 1%) having never been vaccinated. In total, 21,721 (19%) vaccinated individuals and 11,000 (5. 7%) unvaccinated individuals had at least one of their outcomes assessed. Those vaccinated against influenza at any time (odds ratio [OR] 1. 14, 95% CI 1. 10-1. 19), recently (OR 1. 13, 95% CI 1. 10-1. 18), or recurrently (OR 1. 10, 95% CI 1. 05-1. 15) before being infected with COVID-19 had a higher risk of presenting at least one of the outcomes than did unvaccinated individuals. When we excluded people living in long-term care facilities, the results were similar. We could not establish a protective role of the immunity conferred by the influenza vaccine on the outcomes of COVID-19 infection, as the risk of COVID-19 complications was higher in vaccinated than in unvaccinated individuals. Our results correspond to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, where more complications and mortalities due to COVID-19 had occurred. Despite that, our study adds more evidence for the analysis of a possible link between the quality of immunity and COVID-19 outcomes, particularly in the PHC setting.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Cohort study ; COVID-19 ; Eheatlh ; Electronic health records ; Epidemiology ; Health outcome ; Influenza vaccines ; Mortality ; Pneumonia ; Primary health care ; Public health ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Vaccination
Publicado en:	JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, Vol. 8 (november 2022) , ISSN 2369-2960

DOI: 10.2196/36712
PMID: 36265160
PMID: 36

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