Laboratoire de Virologie, Institut des Agents Infectieux (IAI), Centre National de Référence des virus des infections respiratoires (dont la Grippe), HCL, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 103 grande rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69317, Lyon Cedex 04, France; Virpath, CIRI, Université de Lyon, CIRI, Inserm U1111 CNRS UMR5308, ENS, UCBL, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, 7-11 rue Guillaume Paradin, 69372, Lyon Cedex 08, France. Electronic address: [Email]
Influenza is recognized as a public health threat. However, vaccine hesitancy and poor vaccine uptake have been seen in French healthcare workers (HCWs). As a result, authorities have considered implementing mandatory influenza vaccination for HCWs.