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ReviewAnnual review of virology2020

Challenges of Making Effective Influenza Vaccines.

Sigrid Gouma, Elizabeth M Anderson, Scott E Hensley

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Review in Annual review of virology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 89 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sigrid GoumaDepartment of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA; email: sgouma@pennmedicine.upenn.edu, elizabeth.anderson@pennmedicine.upenn.edu, hensley@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Elizabeth M AndersonDepartment of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA; email: sgouma@pennmedicine.upenn.edu, elizabeth.anderson@pennmedicine.upenn.edu, hensley@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Scott E HensleyDepartment of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA; email: sgouma@pennmedicine.upenn.edu, elizabeth.anderson@pennmedicine.upenn.edu, hensley@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Virology CoreU19AI082630 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ARTHUR Y KIM · 2009 to 2026
$48.1M
TRAINING IN VIROLOGYT32AI007324 · NIAID · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI Paul Bates, Matthew D. Weitzman · 1989 to 2026
$6.8M
Impact of prior influenza exposures on antibody repertoires to new viral strainsR01AI108686 · NIAID · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI HENSLEY, SCOTT ERIC · 2014 to 2022
$3.7M
The effect of human pre-exposure history on antigenic drift of influenza virusesR01AI113047 · NIAID · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI HENSLEY, SCOTT ERIC · 2014 to 2018
$2.5M
NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400005CNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI108686NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI113047NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007324NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI082630
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seasonal influenza vaccines prevent influenza-related illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths. However, these vaccines are not as effective as other viral vaccines, and there is clearly room for improvement. Here, we review the history of seasonal influenza vaccines, describe challenges associated with producing influenza vaccine antigens, and discuss the inherent difficulties of updating influenza vaccine strains each influenza season. We argue that seasonal influenza vaccines can be dramatically improved by modernizing antigen production processes and developing models that are better at predicting viral evolution. Resources should be specifically dedicated to improving seasonal influenza vaccines while developing entirely new vaccine platforms.

Indexed as

Antigenic VariationEvolution, MolecularHistory, 20th CenturyHumansImmunogenicity, VaccineInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesOrthomyxoviridaeInfluenza Vaccinesantigenic variationegg adaptationimmunogenicityseasonal influenza vaccinevaccine effectivenessviral evolution

Identifiers

PMID32392457
PMCPMC7529958
OpenAlexW3023656155

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Registered trials

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