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Reports from G.M. Glenn and colleagues advance knowledge in flu vaccines

Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 7th, 2010

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Safety and immunogenicity of an influenza vaccine A/H5N1 (A/Vietnam/1194/2004) when coadministered with a heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) adjuvant patch.' According to recent research published in the journal Vaccine, "The use of adjuvants to enhance the immune response to novel pandemic influenza vaccine candidates may overcome the poor immune responses seen in immunologically naive populations. The confluence of a highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus and the widespread absence of pre-existing immunity has driven the search for effective strategies for immunization in the face of a lethal pandemic."

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