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ReviewCurrent topics in microbiology and immunology2009

Pandemic influenza vaccines.

Lauren J DiMenna, Hildegund C J Ertl

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Review in Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
13.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Multi-Targeting, Nucleoside-Modified mRNA Influenza Virus Vaccine Provides Broad Protection in Mice.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2020
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  2. Novel viral vectored vaccines for the prevention of influenza.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2012
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  5. Influenza A (H1N1) 2009: To vaccinate or not to vaccinate?Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2009
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lauren J DiMennaThe Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Hildegund C J Ertl
The Wistar Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since their compositions remain uncertain, universal pandemic vaccines are yet to be created. They would aim to protect globally against pandemic influenza viruses that have not yet evolved. Thus they differ from seasonal vaccines to influenza virus, which are updated annually in spring to incorporate the latest circulating viruses, and are then produced and delivered before the peak influenza season starts in late fall and winter. The efficacy of seasonal vaccines is linked to their ability to induce virus-neutralizing antibodies, which provide subtype-specific protection against influenza A viruses. If pandemic vaccines were designed to resemble current vaccines in terms of composition and mode of action, they would have to be developed, tested, and mass-produced after the onset of a pandemic, once the causative virus had been identified. The logistic problems of generating a pandemic vaccine from scratch, conducting preclinical testing, and producing billions of doses within a few months for global distribution are enormous and may well be insurmountable. Alternatively, the scientific community could step up efforts to generate a universal vaccine against influenza A viruses that provides broadly cross-reactive protection through the induction of antibodies or T cells to conserved regions of the virus.

Indexed as

AnimalsAttitudeDisease OutbreaksHumansImmunity, InnateInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza A Virus, H2N2 SubtypeInfluenza A Virus, H5N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesRisk FactorsInfluenza Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID19768412
PMCPMC7121491
OpenAlexW2131634339

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