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Editor, Senior Moderator
Curr Opin Virol. 2016 Feb 26;17:95-103. doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2016.02.002. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Novel universal influenza virus vaccine approaches.[/h] Krammer F[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Seasonal influenza virus vaccines have to be re-formulated and re-administered on an annual basis due to antigenic drift of the influenza virus surface glycoproteins. In addition, seasonal vaccines show limited efficacy against novel pandemic influenza virus strains, and producing tailored vaccines for these strains in a timely manner is challenging. Several novel broadly protective vaccine candidates targeting the conserved stalk domain of the viral hemagglutinin have been developed. Here we review these novel constructs and discuss several important findings and considerations regarding the protective efficacy of stalk-based vaccines.
Copyright ? 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PMID: 26927813 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
[h=1]Novel universal influenza virus vaccine approaches.[/h] Krammer F[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Seasonal influenza virus vaccines have to be re-formulated and re-administered on an annual basis due to antigenic drift of the influenza virus surface glycoproteins. In addition, seasonal vaccines show limited efficacy against novel pandemic influenza virus strains, and producing tailored vaccines for these strains in a timely manner is challenging. Several novel broadly protective vaccine candidates targeting the conserved stalk domain of the viral hemagglutinin have been developed. Here we review these novel constructs and discuss several important findings and considerations regarding the protective efficacy of stalk-based vaccines.
Copyright ? 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PMID: 26927813 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]