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Flu Vaccines
Mayo Clinic reports research in flu vaccines
December 10th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Vaccine, "Seasonal influenza causes significant morbidity, mortality, and economic costs. Vaccines against influenza, though both safe and effective, are imperfect." "Notably, these vaccines result in significant immune response variability across the population. The mechanism for this variability, in part, appears to lie in the polymorphisms of key immune response genes. Despite the importance of this variability, little in the way of genetic polymorphisms and its association with vaccine immune response to viral vaccines has been performed. Herein, we review and synthesize what is known about the immune...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-12-10)
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