Stabilization of influenza vaccine enhances protection by microneedle delivery in the mouse skin.

BACKGROUND:Simple and effective vaccine administration is particularly important for annually recommended influenza vaccination. We hypothesized that vaccine delivery to the skin using a patch containing vaccine-coated microneedles could be an attractive approach to improve influenza vaccination com...

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Main Authors: Fu-Shi Quan, Yeu-Chun Kim, Dae-Goon Yoo, Richard W Compans, Mark R Prausnitz, Sang-Moo Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2745577?pdf=render