This week’s NEJM has published the results from the Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Network’s estimates of the effectiveness of the influenza vaccines in the United States of America in 2015-2016. The paper highlights some interesting details and I thought it would be a good chance to try out using the paper to jot down a visual abstract format. As an avid reader of the Controversies in Hospital Infection Prevention blog, I was conversant with the format. They have a growing library of visual abstracts of cool papers in Infectious Diseases here. Finally, I decided to try out the format for myself. Now, usually, the”go to” design seems to be a wide banner-like format, but being a dedicated user of Canva, I decided to try out a different format! Here is my version of the visual abstract of the original research paper in NEJM:
Visual Abstract: Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in USA (2015-2016)

Published by Pranab Chatterjee
Skeptic Oslerphile. PhD Student in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Past: 1) Public Health Scientist and Program Manager, Translational Global Health Policy Research Cell, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. 2) Scientist, Indian Council of Medical Research, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases; 3) Senior Research Associate, Public Health Foundation of India. Interests include: Emerging Infections, Public Health, Antimicrobial Resistance, One Health and Zoonoses, Diarrheal Diseases, Medical Education, Medical History, Open Access, Healthcare Social Media and Health2.0. Opinions are my own! View all posts by Pranab Chatterjee