Influenza vaccines, colloquially known as flu shots or the flu jab, are vaccines that protect against infection by influenza viruses. New versions of the...
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A H5N1 vaccine is an influenza vaccine intended to provide immunization to influenza A virus subtype H5N1. Vaccines have been formulated against several...
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Seasonal influenza vaccine brands include Fluzone/Fluzone Quadrivalent and Vaxigrip/VaxigripTetra, Influvac and Optaflu. Fluenz, Flumist and their quadrivalent...
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greater effectiveness in prevention of influenza caused by influenza B virus than the previous trivalent vaccine. However, the B/Yamagata lineage might...
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attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) is a type of influenza vaccine in the form of a nasal spray that is recommended for the prevention of influenza. It is...
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2009 swine flu pandemic vaccines were influenza vaccines developed to protect against the pandemic H1N1/09 virus. These vaccines either contained inactivated...
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human vaccine is the trivalent influenza vaccine that contains purified and inactivated material from three viral strains. Typically this vaccine includes...
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against influenza. Influenza viruses, particularly influenza A virus, evolve quickly, so flu vaccines are updated regularly to match which influenza strains...
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vaccine that Hilleman called for. H2N2 influenza virus continued to be transmitted until 1968, when it transformed via antigenic shift into influenza...
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Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 (A/H5N1) is a subtype of the influenza A virus, which causes influenza (flu), predominantly in birds. It is enzootic (maintained...
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System (GISRS) monitors the spread of influenza with the aim to inform development of both seasonal and pandemic vaccines. Several millions of specimens are...
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Project Influenza research Influenza vaccine International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza OIE/FAO Network of Expertise on Animal Influenza "Avian...
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for the inactivated vaccine in a year with low influenza attack rates. Influenza vaccines are effective in reducing cases of influenza, especially when the...
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Swine influenza is an infection caused by any of several types of swine influenza viruses. Swine influenza virus (SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus...
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Common examples of live attenuated vaccines are measles, mumps, rubella, yellow fever, and some influenza vaccines. Viruses may be attenuated using the...
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include IPV (polio vaccine), hepatitis A vaccine, rabies vaccine and most influenza vaccines. Toxoid vaccines are made from inactivated toxic compounds...
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commercial SIV vaccines. Since the protective ability of influenza vaccines depends primarily on the closeness of the match between the vaccine virus and the...
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and effective against polio. Today, inactivated vaccines exist for many pathogens, including influenza, polio (IPV), rabies, hepatitis A, CoronaVac, Covaxin...
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CSL Limited (section Vaccines)
combined business with Novartis Influenza Vaccines as Seqirus [Sek-eer-us], creating the world's second-largest influenza vaccine company. In August 2017, the...
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Hong Kong flu (redirect from Influenza pandemic of 1968)
the new vaccine was ready, 1.5 million doses of seasonal influenza A vaccine were distributed for use. Ten million doses of the pandemic vaccine had been...
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The Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine, also known as Hib vaccine, is a vaccine used to prevent Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection. In countries...
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caused by an influenza vaccine or other vaccines, and by opioid withdrawal in physically dependent individuals.[citation needed] Influenza-like illness...
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A universal flu vaccine would be a flu vaccine effective against all human-adapted strains of influenza A and influenza B regardless of the virus sub...
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Polyvalent influenza vaccine is a type of influenza vaccine that provides immunity against more than one type of antigen. In the second week after receiving...
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Orthomyxoviridae (redirect from Influenza virus)
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adapted from its avian influenza origins. Vaccines have been developed for both strains. The two strains of Type A influenza virus found in canines are...
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trials are clinical trials concerning H5N1 vaccines, which are intended to provide immunization to influenza A virus subtype H5N1. They are intended to...
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Spanish flu (redirect from Spanish influenza)
also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1...
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Flu season (redirect from Influenza epidemic)
updated trivalent influenza vaccine consists of hemagglutinin (HA) surface glycoprotein components from influenza H3N2, H1N1, and B influenza viruses. The...
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detected in China and Russia. The virus was included in the 1978–79 influenza vaccine. In the 2009 flu pandemic, the virus isolated from patients in the...
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