Options and Obstacles for Designing a Universal Influenza Vaccine

Options and Obstacles for Designing a Universal Influenza Vaccine

Since the discovery of antibodies specific to a highly conserved stalk region of the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA), eliciting such antibodies has been considered the key to developing a universal influenza vaccine that confers broad-spectrum protection against various influenza subtypes. To ac...

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Main Authors: Yo Han Jang, Baik Lin Seong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-08-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
influenza virus
universal vaccine
hemagglutinin
live vaccine
cross-protection
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/6/8/3159

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