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New flu vaccines study findings have been reported by scientists at University of Genoa, Department of Health Sciences

Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 14th, 2008

Scientists discuss in 'Cross-protection by MF59-adjuvanted influenza vaccine: neutralizing and haemagglutination-inhibiting antibody activity against A(H3N2) drifted influenza viruses' new findings in flu. According to recent research from Genoa, Italy, "Adjuvants enhance antibody response against vaccination. We compared the ability of MF59-adjuvanted and non-adjuvanted subunit influenza vaccines, containing A/Wyoming/3/03(H3N2), to confer cross-protection against four consecutive drifted strains in the elderly."

"Neutralizing and haemagglutination-inhibiting antibody were measured. MF59-adjuvanted vaccine induced a stronger booster response against...

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