Tailored influenza virus vaccines for both the young and old: Vaccine Efficacy of Whole Inactivated Vaccines bearing Immunomodulatory Adjuvants or Multimeric peptides

Influenza epidemics and pandemics remain a significant burden to world health and economy. Low efficacy of current inactivated influenza vaccines in the elderly and immunocompromized and the inability to protect against antigenically drifted or shifted strains of influenza virus are the two major pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khan, Tila
Other Authors: Veterinary Medical Sciences
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Tech 2017
Subjects:
M2e
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77130
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07102012-204707/