Influenza morbidity affects entire populations, imposing an enormous burden in economic
terms from working days lost. Protection afforded by current vaccines is often unsatisfactory …

Influenza morbidity affects the entire population and has an enormous impact upon the
economic burden and the health care systems. Available vaccines are often unsatisfactory …

Background. Influenza virus infection is a major public health burden worldwide. Available
vaccines include the inactivated intramuscular trivalent vaccine and, more recently, an …

Epidemic influenza occurs annually throughout the world and is accompanied by excess
morbidity and mortality. Increasing the antigen content and topical administration of vaccine …

Intranasally administered influenza vaccines could be more effective than injected vaccines,
because intranasal vaccination can induce virus‐specific immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies …

Antigen-specific mucosal immunity is thought to be important for protection against influenza
virus infection. Currently licensed parenteral influenza vaccines stimulate the production of …

Children are at considerable risk for influenza infection and may constitute the main vector
for transmitting the virus to adults in the community. At present, the use of available vaccines …

Haemagglutination inhibition (HI) and neutralization (NT) titers as well as haemagglutinin
(HA) specific antibody responses were examined in 50 healthy adults aged between 22 and …

An easily administered and safe vaccine is required to produce the herd immunity necessary
to control influenza epidemics worldwide. A commercial quadrivalent inactivated split …

In spite of there being a number of vaccines, influenza remains a significant global cause of
morbidity and mortality. Understanding more about natural and vaccine induced immune …