Update on influenza vaccines.
Vaccination has been the most effective means for control of viral infections for centuries. While seasonal vaccines have been highly effective in the management of influenza, there are a number of obstacles to the development of safe and effective pandemic influenza vaccines. The good news is that there has been a lot of investment into novel approaches including reverse genetics and whole cell vaccines that hold promise for successful pandemic control if they can be rolled out in time.
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Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. mdcpat@nus.edu.sg
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