Cross-Protective Efficacy of Monovalent Live Influenza B Vaccines against Genetically Different Lineages of B/Victoria and B/Yamagata in Ferrets

Background. Currently, two genetic lineages of influenza B virus, B/Victoria and B/Yamagata, are cocirculating in humans in various countries. This situation has raised a question regarding the possibility of cross-protection between B components of live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) belonging...

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Main Authors: Irina Kiseleva, Elena Krutikova, Ekaterina Stepanova, Svetlana Donina, Maria Pisareva, Vera Krivitskaya, Andrey Rekstin, Erin Grace Sparrow, Guido Torelli, Larisa Rudenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9695628