Optimizing the dose of pre-pandemic influenza vaccines to reduce the infection attack rate.

<h4>Background</h4>The recent spread of avian influenza in wild birds and poultry may be a precursor to the emergence of a 1918-like human pandemic. Therefore, stockpiles of human pre-pandemic vaccine (targeted at avian strains) are being considered. For many countries, the principal con...

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Main Authors: Steven Riley, Joseph T Wu, Gabriel M Leung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040218