Article
Antigenic variation of influenza viruses isolated from the recent epidemics.
Developments in biological standardization - 1 Jan 2000
Fukumi H, Takeuchi Y
Abstract excerpt
In the winters of 1975-76 and 1976-77 there were fairly heavy epidemics of influenza in Japan, and on those occasions considerable discussions were held on the efficacy of influenza vaccine in connection with the variability of antigenic structure of the influenza virus. The type of the virus which prevailed in the winter of 1975-76 belonged to type A, but detailed antigenic analysis revealed that there had been...
Topics
- Antibodies, Viral
- Antigens, Viral
- Disease Outbreaks
- Genetic Variation
- Hemagglutinins, Viral
- Humans
- Influenza A virus
- Influenza, Human
- Time Factors
- Vaccination