Influenza vaccines: challenges and solutions.

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Abstract

Vaccination is the best method for the prevention and control of influenza. Vaccination can reduce illness and lessen severity of infection. This review focuses on how currently licensed influenza vaccines are generated in the U.S., why the biology of influenza poses vaccine challenges, and vaccine approaches on the horizon that address these challenges.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Cell Host Microbe

Title: Cell host & microbe

ISSN (Electronic): 1934-6069

ISSN (Print): 1931-3128

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 11 2015

Volume: 17

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

[2 ] Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: ksubbarao@niaid.nih.gov.

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Publisher Item ID: S1931-3128(15)00069-4 Mid ID: NIHMS668237

DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2015.02.012

PMC ID: 4362519

PubMed ID: 25766291

SO-VID: e88e6517-a273-4971-a1fa-5e88373e8842

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