A universal flu vaccine.

Malgorzata Kesik-Brodacka; Grazyna Plucienniczak

doi:10.18388/abp.2014_1874

A universal flu vaccine.

Malgorzata Kesik-Brodacka Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Biotechnology and Antibiotics, Warsaw, Poland.;
Grazyna Plucienniczak Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Biotechnology and Antibiotics, Warsaw, Poland.;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2014_1874

Abstract

Influenza is a global health concern. The single most effective way of protecting people against influenza infection and disease is vaccination. However, currently available vaccines against influenza induce only strain-specific immunity, and do not elicit long-lasting serum antibody titers. Therefore, they are ineffective in the case of possible pandemics. There is an urgent need for a new generation vaccine which would induce broad and long-lasting immune protection against antigenically distinct flu viruses. The paper presents recent achievements and the challenges in the field of universal vaccine construction.

Published

2014-09-09

Issue

Vol. 61 No. 3 (2014): Influenza virus

Section

Articles

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