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Retraction Note: The impact of repeated vaccination on influenza vaccine effectiveness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Medicine volume 16, Article number: 133 (2018) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 21 August 2017

Retraction Note

The authors have retracted this article, The impact of repeated vaccination on influenza vaccine effectiveness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Upon reviewing the published work, the authors determined that there were a few erroneous inclusions and an omission of estimates which impacted the conclusion for the influenza A(H3N2) and influenza B analyses comparing vaccination in both years to the current year only. All authors agree to this retraction, and they have been given the opportunity to submit a revised version in the journal.

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  1. Ramsay LC, et al. The impact of repeated vaccination on influenza vaccine effectiveness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Med. 2017;15:159. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0919-0

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  1. Public Health Ontario, 480 University Avenue Suite 300, Toronto, ON, M5G 1V2, Canada

    Lauren C. Ramsay & Jeffrey C. Kwong

  2. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada

    Sarah A. Buchan, Robert G. Stirling & Jeffrey C. Kwong

  3. Public Health Agency of Canada, 130 Colonnade Road, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0K9, Canada

    Robert G. Stirling

  4. WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

    Benjamin J. Cowling & Shou Feng

  5. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Veterans Hill Trail, 2075 Bayview Avenue G1 06, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada

    Jeffrey C. Kwong

  6. Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, 155 College St, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada

    Jeffrey C. Kwong

  7. University Health Network, 399 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada

    Jeffrey C. Kwong

  8. Public Health Ontario, 480 University Avenue Suite 300, Toronto, ON, M5G 1V2, Canada

    Bryna F. Warshawsky

  9. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, 1151 Richmond St, London, ON, N6A 3K7, Canada

    Bryna F. Warshawsky

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Ramsay, L.C., Buchan, S.A., Stirling, R.G. et al. Retraction Note: The impact of repeated vaccination on influenza vaccine effectiveness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Med 16, 133 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1137-0

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