Influenza Vaccines
Research reports on influenza vaccines from Novavax, Inc. provide new insights
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 11th, 2008
Investigators publish new data in the report 'H5N1 VLP vaccine induced protection in ferrets against lethal challenge with highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza viruses.' According to recent research from the United States, "In this study, recombinant virus-like particles (VLPs) were evaluated as a candidate vaccine against emerging influenza viruses with pandemic potential. The VLPs are composed of the hemagglutinin (HA), neuraminidase (NA), and matrix 1 (M1) proteins of the H5N1 A/Indonesia/05/2005 (clade 2.1; [Indo/05]) virus, which were expressed using baculovirus in Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells."
"Ferrets received either 2 injections of the VLP vaccine at...
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