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Recombinant influenza H1, H5 and H9 hemagglutinins containing replaced H3 hemagglutinin transmembrane domain showed enhanced heterosubtypic protection in mice.
Vaccine - 23 May 2014
Liu Qiliang, Liu Kang, Xue Chunyi, Zhou Jianqiang, Li Xiaoming, Luo Dongyu, Zheng Jing, Xu Shun, Liu George Dacai, Cao Yongchang
Abstract excerpt
Influenza A viruses cause annual epidemics and irregular pandemics. A vaccine with heterosubtypic protection (hetero-protection) has been needed. In the present study, various influenza H1, H3, H5, and H9 hemagglutinin (HA) proteins were expressed in insect cells, and then mice were subcutaneously immunized with the expressed HA proteins, and challenged by influenza A viruses (A/Puerto Rico/8/1934 (H1N1) or...
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