Sentences with phrase «against influenza infection»

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

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

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Respond better to immunizations against Polio, Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Haemophilus influenza (bacterium that can cause a severe infection)

The Hep B vaccine (or HBV) protects against the virus that causes hepatitis B; the DTaP vaccine protects against the viruses that cause diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough); the PCV (pneumococcal vaccine) protects against the cause of bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, and ear infections; the Hib vaccine protects against Haemophilus influenzae type b bacteria (which can also cause bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, or epiglottitis); and the rotavirus oral vaccine protects against a virus that causes the stomach flu.

Public Health Thank You Day 2013 honors all those health heroes who keep our drinking water safe and air clean, administer vaccines, track and investigate infections, educate residents with chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes, provide cancer screening services, administer pest control programs and protect us against imminent threats to our health such as influenza, foodborne illnesses and natural disasters.

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.

«We found that the vaccines produced against the swine flu pandemic in 2009 were very effective in both preventing influenza infection and reducing the chances of hospital admission due to flu.

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).

Currently, seasonal flu vaccines are designed to induce high levels of protective antibodies against hemagglutinin (HA), a protein found on the surface of the influenza virus that enables the virus to enter a human cell and initiate infection.

Since the most severe infections are caused by influenza type A and type B viruses, the available vaccines provide coverage against these two types.

Guidelines recommend that vaccinations should be used to protect against certain infections, such as influenza and pneumonia.

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

According to WHO statistics, 300 million people are vaccinated against the flu each year, receiving an immunization with a cocktail of weakened strains of influenza A (varieties H3N2 and H1N1), along with the influenza B virus to protect against a full infection.

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

Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University together with their colleagues from St. Petersburg and London have elaborated a new approach to deliver anti-viral RNAi to target cells against H1N1 influenza virus infection.

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

«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.»

Unlike antibodies elicited by annual influenza vaccinations, most neutralizing antibodies induced by pandemic H1N1 infection were broadly cross-reactive against epitopes in the hemagglutinin (HA) stalk and head domain of multiple influenza strains.

Broadly cross-reactive antibodies dominate the human B cell response against 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus infection

In the search for drugs that act broadly against different influenza strains, researchers had previously shown that antibodies against the HA stem region can prevent influenza infection.

MxA is therefore a barrier against cross-species influenza A infection, but one that the virus can evade through a few mutations in its nucleoprotein.

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.

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

Vaccination against other pathogens causing respiratory disease may help prevent more common respiratory pathogens from becoming secondary infections in a respiratory tract already compromised by influenza infection.

Make sure you inquire about vaccination against Canine Influenza, a viral respiratory tract infection.

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, «Currently, there is no USDA - licensed vaccine against H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza infection available for use in companion animals in the United States.»

Vaccination against other pathogens causing respiratory disease (such as Bordetella, adenovirus and parainfluenza) may help prevent more common respiratory pathogens from becoming secondary infections in a respiratory tract already compromised by influenza infection.

Vaccines against other respiratory causing pathogens, such as Bordetella, parainfluenza, and adenovirus, may help to prevent a secondary infection in a dog already compromised by the influenza virus.

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Feline Herpesvirus and Feline Calicivirus Feline Herpesvirus (causative agent of Feline Infectious Rhinotracheitis) and Feline Calicivirus (causative agent of Feline Influenza) are two of the three feline respiratory infections against which the feline 3 - in - 1 vaccine protects.

These pollutants cause lung irritation and weaken the body's defenses against respiratory infections such as pneumonia and influenza.

The majority of antibodies that prevent influenza virus infection are directed against HA.