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Influenza and Influenza Vaccine: A Review [PDF]

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2021
AbstractInfluenza is a highly contagious, deadly virus, killing nearly half a million people yearly worldwide. The classic symptoms of influenza are fever, fatigue, cough, and body aches. In the outpatient setting, diagnosis can be made by clinical presentation with optional confirmatory diagnostic testing.
Cynthia Nypaver, Cynthia Dehlinger, Chelsea Carter   +2 more
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Influenza vaccination

Nursing Older People, 1999
Nurses have an important part to play in dispelling myths about influenza vaccination and in actively encouraging older people to attend for vaccination. Irene Schofield discusses the issues.
A, Uma, P, Thirumalaikolundusubramanian
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Haemagglutination inhibition and virus microneutralisation serology assays: use of harmonised protocols and biological standards in seasonal influenza serology testing and their impact on inter-laboratory variation and assay correlation: A FLUCOP collaborative study

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
IntroductionThe haemagglutination inhibition assay (HAI) and the virus microneutralisation assay (MN) are long-established methods for quantifying antibodies against influenza viruses. Despite their widespread use, both assays require standardisation to
Joanna Waldock, Edmond J. Remarque, Lingyi Zheng, Sammy Ho, Katja Hoschler, Britta Neumann, Hanna Sediri-Schön, Claudia M. Trombetta, Emanuele Montomoli, Serena Marchi, Giulia Lapini, Fan Zhou, Sarah L. Lartey, Rebecca J. Cox, Marzia Facchini, Maria Rita Castrucci, Damien Friel, Thierry Ollinger, Catherine Caillet, Nedzad Music, Giuseppe Palladino, Othmar G. Engelhardt, the FLUCOP consortium   +22 more
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Agent-based model of the impact of higher influenza vaccine efficacy on seasonal influenza burden

Vaccine: X, 2023
Introduction: Current influenza vaccines have limited effectiveness. COVID-19 vaccines using mRNA technology have demonstrated very high efficacy, suggesting that mRNA vaccines could be more effective for influenza. Several such influenza vaccines are in
Mary G. Krauland, Richard K. Zimmerman, Katherine V. Williams, Jonathan M. Raviotta, Lee H. Harrison, John V. Williams, Mark S. Roberts   +6 more
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Influenza Vaccines

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2006
Mark J, Belsey, Brigitte, de Lima, Alex K, Pavlou, John W, Savopoulos   +3 more
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Influenza Viruses and Vaccines: The Role of Vaccine Effectiveness Studies for Evaluation of the Benefits of Influenza Vaccines

Vaccines, 2022
Influenza is a vaccine preventable disease and vaccination remains the most effective method of controlling the morbidity and mortality of seasonal influenza, especially with respect to risk groups.
Claudia Maria Trombetta, Otfried Kistner, Emanuele Montomoli, Simonetta Viviani, Serena Marchi   +4 more
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Engineered Nanoparticulate Vaccines to Combat Recurring and Pandemic Influenza Threats

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 2022
Recurring seasonal flu epidemics and occasional pandemics are among the most severe threats to public health. Current seasonal influenza vaccines provide limited protection against drifted circulating strains and no protection against influenza pandemics.
Chunhong Dong, Bao-Zhong Wang
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Public Interest in Distribution and Determinants of Influenza and Pneumonia Vaccination during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Infodemiology and Cross-Sectional Study from China

Vaccines, 2021
Background: Following the COVID-19 pandemic, global interest in influenza vaccines and pneumonia vaccines has increased significantly. We aimed to examine public interest in and actual market circulation of influenza and pneumonia vaccines before and ...
Liubing Gong, Xu Zhang, Zhiqiang Qu, Mark R. Francis, Kaiyi Han, Cuilin Xu, Enmao Cai, Huilin Shi, Zhiyuan Hou   +8 more
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Chemical-free inactivated whole influenza virus vaccine prepared by ultrashort pulsed laser treatment [PDF]

, 2014
There is an urgent need for rapid methods to develop vaccines in response to emerging viral pathogens. Whole inactivated virus (WIV) vaccines represent an ideal strategy for this purpose; however, a universal method for producing safe and immunogenic ...
Achilefu, Samuel, Chen, Alexander, Donthi, Nisha, Hsieh, Wen-Han, Hung, Chien-Fu, Knoff, Jayne, La, Victor, Li, Yen-Der, Tsen, Kong-Thon, Tsen, Shaw-Wei David, Wu, Tzyy-Choou   +10 more
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Animal Models Utilized for the Development of Influenza Virus Vaccines

Vaccines, 2021
Animal models have been an important tool for the development of influenza virus vaccines since the 1940s. Over the past 80 years, influenza virus vaccines have evolved into more complex formulations, including trivalent and quadrivalent inactivated ...
Ericka Kirkpatrick Roubidoux, Stacey Schultz-Cherry   +1 more
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