Sentences with phrase «against influenza a»

The closer the match between the circulating strains causing disease and the strains in the vaccine, the better the protection against influenza.

The purpose of this study was to gain an in - depth understanding of parents» experience and views of vaccinating their four to six - year - old child against influenza at school and at the general practice (GP).

FYI - If your pet has previously received a canine influenza vaccine, that vaccine protects against the influenza strain H3N8, but does not protect against the new strain, H3N2.

Foals can be vaccinated against influenza from 3 - 4 months of age but many veterinarians now wait until 5 months.

Canine Influenza Vaccine H3N8 protects against this influenza, a highly contagious respiratory infection.

As of April 1st, we will require all our grooming and boarding patients to be fully vaccinated against Influenza.

Live attenuated influenza vaccines have been shown to provide better immune responses to protect against influenza.

Vaccination against influenza has its pros and cons.

The results showed that elderberry syrup is also effective against both influenza A and B virus infections.

Vaclac Vetvicka, Jana Vetvickova, «Glucan supplementation enhances the immune response against an influenza challenge in mice,» Ann Transl Med, 2015 Feb; 3 (2): 22.

In studies that looked at its efficacy against influenza strains A & B, Elderberry was found to shorten the duration of the flu from the typical 7 days to 4 days.

The other remedy I recommend has been shown to have activity against both Influenza A & B. Remember, during any given flu season, the circulating flu virus could be predominantly one or the other.

Goji berry's supplementation is thought to enhance the protective effect of flu vaccine against influenza virus.

Protection against influenza and viruses.

But, she adds, «the best way to protect yourself against influenza is to get vaccinated.»

FLULAVAL is an influenza virus vaccine indicated for active immunization of adults 18 years of age and older against influenza disease caused by influenza virus subtypes A and type B contained in the vaccine.

Elderberry is unique in being effective against both influenza A and influenza B.

She noted that the Canadian researchers estimated that the flu vaccine is 55 percent effective against influenza B viruses, which typically cause more infections late in the season.

A paper published today in PLOS Computational Biology has reported on the benefits that could be gained through developing a universal vaccine against the influenza virus.

Correlates of Protection against Influenza in the Elderly: Results from an Influenza Vaccine Efficacy Trial.

«IL - 28B is a key regulator of B - and T - Cell vaccine responses against influenza» by Adrian Egli et al. published in PLOS Pathogens on Thursday 11 December 2014.

A paper published today in Science has reported on a new approach to developing a vaccine against influenza.

Of 14 antisense oligonucleotide sequences (ASOs) tested against Influenza A virus in a study by University researchers Luis Martinez - Sobrido and Douglas Turner and their collaborators, five were most effective.

Balazs AB, Bloom JD, Hong CM, Rao DS, Baltimore D. Broad protection against influenza infection by vectored immunoprophylaxis in mice.

On the basis of the current studies as well as previous reports on the use of intradermal immunization against influenza, hepatitis B, rabies, and other infectious diseases, 2,3,8 it is becoming clear that use of the intradermal route may at least partially overcome the relatively poor influenza - specific immune responses seen in certain at - risk populations, particularly the elderly, in whom the immune response in general is known to diminish with age.9 Moreover, in times of shortage, the dose - sparing intradermal approach might be particularly well suited to the young, healthy persons included in the CDC's high - priority group for vaccination, such as health care workers, as well as to younger, otherwise healthy populations in general.

«But since these drugs inhibit all prostanoids, each may contribute differently towards the immunity against influenza virus,» says Francois Coulombe, a McGill Ph.D. student and the study's first author.

In the new analysis, investigators sought to understand the role of pre-existing anti-HA stem antibodies in protection against influenza using data from a healthy volunteer influenza challenge trial that took place in 2013 at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

«Given these results in cells and mice, it may be worthwhile to consider that patients receiving, or who may receive, Amphotericin B - based therapies be appropriately vaccinated against influenza virus.

«Our findings suggest that different prostaglandins have different roles in antiviral immunity and that specific inhibition of PGE2 will be an effective therapy against influenza viral infection by boosting immune responses.»

Three types of siRNA against influenza A (H1N1) virus infection were encapsulated in hybrid carriers.

Furthermore, results may encourage other research groups to use the M2 channel of influenza virus as therapeutic target against the influenza A virus.

But NIAID Director Anthony Fauci says «it is very likely» that Kawaoka's group would have been granted an exemption and continued to receive funding because the study specifically aims to improve vaccines against influenza.

The article «Hybrid inorganic - organic capsules for efficient intracellular delivery of novel siRNAs against influenza A (H1N1) virus infection» was published in Scientific Reports.

The vaccine lowers infection risk — it works very well against influenza B — and may also minimize the risk of severe infection.

The researchers said that identifying this virus sensor, called ZBP1, offers the hope of developing drugs to protect against influenza's sometimes lethal complication of pneumonia.

The female sex hormone estrogen has anti-viral effects against the influenza A virus, commonly known as the flu, a new study in American Journal of Physiology — Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology reports.

This is the largest study to date to show that maternal vaccination against influenza is feasible and effective, even in one of the world's least developed countries.

Antiviral drugs amantadine and rimantadine, which for years were the most widely used against influenza A viruses, plugged the M2 pathway like bathtub stoppers, preventing reproduction.

Besser said officials were already taking preliminary steps toward manufacturing a vaccine against the influenza strain responsible for swine flu.

Higher levels of HA antibodies in a person's body have long been associated with greater protection against influenza infection.

New Scientist echoed the point in an editorial: «If the purpose of the Microbiological Research Establishment is to learn to make vaccines and devise other measures to protect the country against man - made epidemics — just as we try to protect ourselves against influenza or measles — then there is every reason to bring the establishment under the Ministry of Health» («Porton — the infection spreads», 30 May 1968).

These results firmly establish broad antiviral activity of Ci extracts against various major human viral pathogens, including previously reported activity against influenza viruses.

High - dose influenza vaccine is 24 percent more effective than the standard - dose vaccine in protecting persons ages 65 and over against influenza illness and its complications, according to a Vanderbilt - led study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

However, U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases «Director Anthony Fauci says «it is very likely» that Kawaoka's group would have been granted an exemption and continued to receive funding because the study specifically aims to improve vaccines against influenza.»

Studies have shown that flu vaccines work better at protecting against influenza B or influenza A H1N1 viruses than influenza A H3N2.

Some strains of Agarikon, for example, show strong activity against influenza viruses; others do not.

This one - two punch protected the test subjects against influenza A viruses that had emerged in 1934 and 2007, and other experiments showed that the antibodies it generated successfully neutralized a wide variety of flu strains.

It's possible that getting sick with one type of influenza A virus would offer some modest protection against another type of influenza A, but it probably wouldn't give you any protection against the influenza B virus, Schaffner said.

(The current version of the M2 vaccine would protect only against influenza A, the type that has launched pandemics.)

The chess battle against influenza will have to continue for a while longer, but for now hopes are high that playing the M2 vaccine might be the right strategy to checkmate the virus.