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ReviewVaccines2018

Avian Influenza A Virus Pandemic Preparedness and Vaccine Development.

Rory D de Vries, Sander Herfst, Mathilde Richard

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Review in Vaccines, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Understanding moral trade-offs in pandemic response: A discrete choice experiment on avian influenza policies.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rory D de VriesDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. r.d.devries@erasmusmc.nl.ORCID 0000-0003-2817-0127
Sander HerfstDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. s.herfst@erasmusmc.nl.ORCID 0000-0001-9866-8903
Mathilde RichardDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. m.richard@erasmusmc.nl.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza A viruses can infect a wide range of hosts, creating opportunities for zoonotic transmission, i.e., transmission from animals to humans, and placing the human population at constant risk of potential pandemics. In the last hundred years, four influenza A virus pandemics have had a devastating effect, especially the 1918 influenza pandemic that took the lives of at least 40 million people. There is a constant risk that currently circulating avian influenza A viruses (e.g., H5N1, H7N9) will cause a new pandemic. Vaccines are the cornerstone in preparing for and combating potential pandemics. Despite exceptional advances in the design and development of (pre-)pandemic vaccines, there are still serious challenges to overcome, mainly caused by intrinsic characteristics of influenza A viruses: Rapid evolution and a broad host range combined with maintenance in animal reservoirs, making it near impossible to predict the nature and source of the next pandemic virus. Here, recent advances in the development of vaccination strategies to prepare against a pandemic virus coming from the avian reservoir will be discussed. Furthermore, remaining challenges will be addressed, setting the agenda for future research in the development of new vaccination strategies against potentially pandemic influenza A viruses.

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avian influenza A viruspandemicvaccinationzoonosis

Identifiers

PMID30044370
PMCPMC6161001

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