Neurology Advisor spoke with Klaus Schmierer, MBBS, PhD, to discuss new evidence suggesting a protective antibody response following vaccination in patients with MS taking MAVENCLAD.
There may be increased hospitalization risk from influenza infection in patients with obstructive sleep apnea who do not use continuous positive airway pressure.
The AS03-adjuvanted H1N1 influenza vaccine was linked to an increased narcolepsy incidence, but this narcolepsy did not clinically differ significantly from sporadic cases.
Patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 had higher rates of ischemic stroke than those of patients with influenza.
No difference was seen in the risk for serious neuropsychiatric events in patients who received oseltamivir in the 30 days after influenza diagnosis compared with those who did not.
After influenza infection, the risk for narcolepsy was increased by 2- to 3-fold overall.
