Pandemic flu vaccine: are we doing enough?
Influenza experts have been trying for a long time to convince other scientists, the public health community, and the general population that preparations for a pandemic should be a priority. But it was not until the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian strain emerged, causing a great epizootic and infecting and killing people exposed to infected birds, that research on this topic exploded. Below I discuss some truly phenomenal advances that have emerged from this newfound interest in pandemic influenza, to show that, yes, we are doing enough.
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University of Maryland School of Medicine, Center for Vaccine Development, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Jcampbel@medicine.umaryland.edu
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