Sentences with phrase «seasonal vaccines used»
Vaccination programmes begin in the US and Europe, but many healthcare workers are reluctant to have the vaccine, even though it is virtually identical to the seasonal vaccines used in previous years, which have a good safety record.
https://www.newscientist.com/ Not exact matches
Novavax says that during Phase IIa of seasonal flu vaccine testing, which began in May, it was able in the majority of people tested to surpass the FDA's requirements for producing enough antibodies to protect the body from the H3N2, H1N1 and B viruses — all of which were common enough a year ago to be used to develop flu vaccines for the 2008 to 2009 flu season.
Although the world's attention is focused on the novel H1N1 virus causing the swine flu pandemic, H3N2, a seasonal strain of influenza, has popped up in many East Asian countries — and some variants in circulation may outfox the seasonal vaccine in use.
Kieny said that for reasons that aren't fully understood, vaccine companies that use eggs to grow vaccine viruses get yields of only 25 % to 50 % of those obtained during the production of seasonal vaccine.
While this year's vaccine is a much better match to the circulating seasonal strains of influenza, the shifty nature of the virus and the need to pick the viruses used to make global vaccine stocks well before the onset of the flu season can make vaccine strain selection a shot in the dark.
During the 2014 - 15 flu season, the poor match between the virus used to make the world's vaccine stocks and the circulating seasonal virus yielded a vaccine that was less than 20 percent effective.
A trivalent inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine (TIV) used in humans will be compared directly in mice, ferrets and pigs.
«The study by Egli et al. holds promise for enhancing the response of the seasonal influenza vaccine by blocking the receptor used for the innate immunity signalling molecule IL28B.
Using mathematical modelling, the authors discuss the potential population - level benefits that a universal vaccine would offer over conventional seasonal vaccines.