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Flu Vaccines
New flu vaccines research reported from Chinese University of Hong Kong
November 19th, 2008
"In a small pilot study, sera from 10 healthy human volunteers were taken pre-vaccine, then 1, 3, and 6 months post-seasonal influenza immunization (using the 2005/2006 Northern hemisphere vaccine: A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like, A/California/7/2004(H3N2)-like, and B/Shanghai/361/2002-like strains). Eight out of 10 subjects demonstrated satisfactory HAI titers (>= 40) after seasonal influenza vaccination between 1 and 6 months post-vaccine," scientists writing in the Journal of Medical Virology report. "These sera were then tested for inhibitory activity against A/HK/483/97 and A/Thailand/1(KAN-1)/04 H5N1 influenza viruses using standard hemagglutination...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-11-19)
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