Present and future of flu vaccines
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What virus the flu is and how the virus mutates causing epidemiologists to approximate which strains will be present in any given flu season
This video explores what virus the flu is and briefly explains how the virus mutates every year causing epidemiologists to approximate which strains will be present in any given flu season. It outlines the current flu vaccine options available, including the trivalent/quadrivalent inactivated vaccine as well the live, attenuated vaccine. Lastly, it highlights the universal flu vaccine, which has the ability to protect individuals from many strains of influenza virus while providing long-term immunity. The Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford and Vaccitech are in progress for a human clinical trial of their universal flu vaccine coined MVA-NP+M1.
[Information about influenza (flu) from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)]
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