Influenza Vaccines
Research from University of Paris in influenza vaccines provides new insights
Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 12th, 2010
Scientists discuss in 'Keeping the memory of influenza viruses' new findings in influenza vaccines. According to a study from France, "Protection against pathogens is mediated by both humoral responses (neutralizing antibodies) and cellular immunity, both CD4+ and CD8+ cells. In the case of influenza viruses, circulating strains contain both variable and conserved T and B cell epitopes that are challenged after vaccination and/or infection."
"During infection, the role of T cells is to prevent viral dissemination in the organism by killing the infected cells and helping B cell antibody production to neutralize the virus. The threat of influenza virus increases the...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2010-05-12)
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