[Present situation of influenza vaccine development].

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Influenza is a highly contagious acute respiratory disease, caused by influenza viruses infecting the host at the respiratory mucosa and repeated annually by appearance of variant viruses with altered surface antigens. To control influenza, a protective immunity must be provided in advance by administration with an inactivated or attenuated virus vaccine. Current inactivated vaccine, licensed for parenteral...

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