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ReviewVaccines2014

Overview of Serological Techniques for Influenza Vaccine Evaluation: Past, Present and Future.

Claudia Maria Trombetta, Daniele Perini, Stuart Mather, Nigel Temperton, Emanuele Montomoli

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In one paragraph

Review in Vaccines, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
68citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

68 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Claudia Maria TrombettaDepartment of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro, 53100 Siena, Italy. trombetta@unisi.it.
Daniele PeriniVisMederi srl, Enterprise in Life Sciences, Via Fiorentina 1, 53100 Siena, Italy. perini@vismederi.com.
Stuart MatherViral Pseudotype Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Kent, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK. sm751@kent.ac.uk.
Nigel TempertonViral Pseudotype Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Kent, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK. N.Temperton@kent.ac.uk.
Emanuele MontomoliDepartment of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro, 53100 Siena, Italy. emanuele.montomoli@unisi.it.
Medway School of Pharmacy · GBUniversity of Siena · ITVisMederi Research · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serological techniques commonly used to quantify influenza-specific antibodies include the Haemagglutination Inhibition (HI), Single Radial Haemolysis (SRH) and Virus Neutralization (VN) assays. HI and SRH are established and reproducible techniques, whereas VN is more demanding. Every new influenza vaccine needs to fulfil the strict criteria issued by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in order to be licensed. These criteria currently apply exclusively to SRH and HI assays and refer to two different target groups-healthy adults and the elderly, but other vaccine recipient age groups have not been considered (i.e., children). The purpose of this timely review is to highlight the current scenario on correlates of protection concerning influenza vaccines and underline the need to revise the criteria and assays currently in use. In addition to SRH and HI assays, the technical advantages provided by other techniques such as the VN assay, pseudotype-based neutralization assay, neuraminidase and cell-mediated immunity assays need to be considered and regulated via EMA criteria, considering the many significant advantages that they could offer for the development of effective vaccines.

Indexed as

antibody titrescorrelates of protectionEMA criteria

Identifiers

PMID26344888
PMCPMC4494249
OpenAlexW1971244420

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Registered trials

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