The enzyme-linked immunospot assay was used to examine the humoral immune response in 15 healthy volunteers immunized with either split or subunit inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine containing… (More)
Seventeen of twenty-six influenza A virus isolates of the H1N1 antigenic subtype and two of eleven H3N2 virus isolates from the 1977-78 season exhibited a ts phenotype, were restricted in plaquing in… (More)
BACKGROUND
Influenza A viruses are of major concern for public health, causing worldwide epidemics associated with high morbidity and mortality. Vaccines are critical for protection against… (More)
CONTEXT
Influenza virus is easily spread among the household contacts of an infected person, and prevention of influenza in household contacts can control spread of influenza in the community.
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BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and…
2000
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether maternal influenza virus infection in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy results in transplacental transmission of infection, maternal auto-antibody… (More)
Oseltamivir phosphate (Tamiflu, Ro 64-0796) is the first orally administered neuraminidase (NA) inhibitor approved for use in treatment and prevention of influenza virus infection in man. Oseltamivir… (More)
HOST defence against influenza A virus in experimental animals seems to be mediated mainly by antibody1,2. The mechanism by which antibody protects the host, however, is unknown. Antibody may either… (More)
The major topics covered at this conference included the relevance of the SIV-macaque model for HIV vaccine development, an evaluation of the methods for producing inactivated vaccine, and the… (More)
Influenza A (H1N1) and influenza B viruses from clinical samples were isolated in the amniotic cavity of embryonated hens' eggs by classical techniques and propagated in the allantoic cavity. Virus… (More)