Vaclac Vetvicka, Jana Vetvickova, «Glucan supplementation enhances the immune response
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Not exact matches
Vaccinating pregnant mothers year - round
against flu in the resource -
challenged region of subtropical Nepal reduced infant flu virus infection rates by an average of 30 percent, increased birth weights by 15 percent and resulted in babies having less
influenza, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
In a series of experiments, the researchers found that 95 % of mice vaccinated with the investigational cocktail were protected
against a lethal
challenge with eight different
influenza strains expressing seven different
influenza A subtypes, compared to only 5 % of mice who received mock vaccinations.
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.
Protection of mice
against lethal
challenge with 2009 H1N1
influenza A virus by 1918 - like and classical swine H1N1 based vaccines