The influenza A virus genome consists of eight segments of single-stranded, negative-sense viral RNA, which encode multiple ...

we immunized BALB/c mice with the trivalent influenza vaccine manufactured for vaccination during the 1998–1999 season. We vaccinated each mouse with 10% of a human dose (1.5 μg hemagglutinin ...

U.S. approves conditional use of avian influenza vaccine amid spreading outbreak U.S. greenlights temporary use of bird flu ...

The first inactivated influenza vaccine was monovalent (influenza ... viruses isolated during the 1900s); The subtype [16 possible hemagglutinin and 9 possible neuraminidase subtypes].

The first research programs attempting to develop an inactivated influenza vaccine, outside of the ... during the 1900s); The subtype [16 possible hemagglutinin and 9 possible neuraminidase ...

This hook-like molecule, called hemagglutinin, is the principal antigen in the influenza vaccine. The standard flu vaccine contains a mix of four versions of hemagglutinin—one for each of four ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers wrote.

Our current influenza vaccines are strain-specific and often ... itself to receptors on the cell surface using a protein called hemagglutinin (HA). To a lesser extent, the virus can also use ...

The winter flu season features two types of influenza. Here's what you need to know about them and how they differ.

Influenza is a highly contagious viral infection that affects the respiratory system. Although often dismissed as a seasonal ...