Influenza Vaccines for the Future

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The threat constituted by the multiple outbreaks of avian influenza during the last few years is urgently calling for the development of new influenza vaccines. Fortunately, a quantum leap in technology has revolutionized the study of influenza and the engineering of new vaccine strains by reverse g...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rappuoli, Rino (Editor), Del Giudice, Giuseppe (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases,
Subjects:
Virology.
Life sciences.
Life Sciences.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Influenza virus: The biology of a changing virus
  • Influenza vaccines have a short but illustrious history
  • The epidemiology of influenza and its control
  • Influenza and influenza vaccination in children
  • The immune response to influenza A viruses
  • Correlates of protection against influenza
  • The role of animal models in influenza vaccine research
  • Live attenuated influenza vaccine
  • MF59: A safe and potent oil in water emulsion adjuvant for influenza vaccines, which induces enhanced protection against virus challenge
  • Non-recent history of influenza pandemics, vaccines, and adjuvants
  • Waiting for a pandemic
  • Modeling influenza pandemic and interventions.

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