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Highly conserved influenza A sequences as T cell epitopes-based vaccine targets to address the viral variability.
Human vaccines - 1 Apr 2011
Tan Paul Thiamjoo, Khan Asif M, August J Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Vaccines are the only proven effective method for prevention of human infectious diseases. Almost all traditional vaccines require activating immunological memory B cells to secrete neutralizing antibodies against invading pathogens. The complication with influenza viruses is the high viral mutation rate that results in immune escape through modification of the B cell epitopes. Studies of T-cell immunity to...
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