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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2020

Broadly Protective Strategies Against Influenza Viruses: Universal Vaccines and Therapeutics.

Olivia A Vogel, Balaji Manicassamy

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Olivia A VogelDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Balaji ManicassamyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
University of Chicago · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

Molecular And Cellular Biology Training ProgramT32GM007183 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GLICK, BENJAMIN S, RICE, PHOEBE A · 1985 to 2021
$23.9M
ENDOTHELIAL CELL TROPISM IN THE PATHOGENESIS AND HOST RESPONSE AGAINST INFLUENZA VIRUSES - RESUBMISSION 01R01AI127775 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI MANICASSAMY, BALAJI · 2018 to 2022
$2.8M
Modulation of Influenza Virus Replication and Fitness by Adenosine DeaminasesR01AI123359 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI MANICASSAMY, BALAJI · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI123359NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127775NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007183
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza virus is a respiratory pathogen that can cause disease in humans, with symptoms ranging from mild to life-threatening. The vast majority of influenza virus infections in humans are observed during seasonal epidemics and occasional pandemics. Given the substantial public health burden associated with influenza virus infection, yearly vaccination is recommended for protection against seasonal influenza viruses. Despite vigilant surveillance for new variants and careful selection of seasonal vaccine strains, the efficacy of seasonal vaccines can vary widely from year to year. This often results in lowered protection within the population, regardless of vaccination status. In order to broaden the protection afforded by seasonal influenza vaccines, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has deemed the development of a universal influenza virus vaccine to be a priority in influenza virus vaccine research. This universal vaccine would provide protection against all influenza virus strains, eliminating the need for the yearly reformulations of seasonal influenza vaccines. In addition to universal influenza vaccine efforts, substantial progress has been made in developing novel influenza virus therapeutics that utilize broadly neutralizing antibodies to provide protection against influenza virus infection and to mitigate disease outcomes during infection. In this review, we discuss various approaches toward the goal of improving influenza virus vaccine efficacy through a universal influenza virus vaccine. We also address the novel methods of discovery and utilization of broadly neutralizing antibodies to improve influenza disease outcomes.

Indexed as

immunizationinfluenzainfluenza therapeuticsuniversal influenza vaccinevaccine

Identifiers

PMID32117155
PMCPMC7020694
OpenAlexW3005496051

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