ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2024
Seasonal influenza vaccines: Variability of immune responses to B lineage viruses.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- An mRNA-based seasonal influenza vaccine in adults: Results of two phase 3 randomized clinical trials and correlate of protection analysis of hemagglutination inhibition titers.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Trial
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- Evaluation of Safety and Immunogenicity of High-Dose Quadrivalent Seasonal Influenza Split Vaccine: A Preclinical Study.Vaccines · 2026Article
- mRNA-based seasonal influenza vaccines: an overview of immunogenicity, efficacy, and safety.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Assessment of hemagglutinin-inhibition activity following influenza vaccination during the 2022-2023, 2023-2024, and 2024-2025 seasons.PloS one · 2026Article
- Live-attenuated influenza virus vaccine strain with an engineered temperature-sensitive and genetically stable viral polymerase variant.Journal of virology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Although influenza A viruses predominate globally, influenza B viruses are responsible for a significant and often underappreciated burden. Despite this, immunity to influenza B viruses remains understudied, and there is a perception that vaccine-mediated immune responses to influenza B strains are less robust than influenza A strains. This targeted literature review examines this concept using data from pivotal phase 3 immunogenicity studies on currently licensed seasonal influenza vaccines and explores several explanations for this phenomenon, including immune exposure history, assay limitations, virus-related properties inherent to B lineages, and strain mismatch. Overall, studies demonstrated vaccines induce variable and sometimes less robust immune responses to influenza B strains; however, further studies are needed to fully confirm and understand these observations. In identifying the potential causes of variable performance of current vaccines against influenza, this review aims to guide vaccine development to enhance overall vaccine performance and reduce disease burden worldwide.
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