Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 1st, 2006
According to recent research from Japan, "The intranasal administration of influenza hemagglutinin (HA) vaccine with Surfacten, a modified pulmonary surfactant free of antigenic c-type lectins, as a mucosal adjuvant induced the highest protective mucosal immunity in the airway. The intranasal immunization of mice with HA vaccine (0.2 mcg)-Surfacten (0.2 mcg) selectively induced the neutralizing anti-HA IgA, but not IgG, and conferred nearly maximal protection in the airway, without inducing a systemic response."
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-03-01)
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