The annual production cycle for influenza vaccine

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1776-1779

  Gerdil, Catherine ^a  

^a SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory illness; Annual production cycle; Influenza vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BIRD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; SWINE; TIME; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0037402228     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(03)00071-9     Document Type: Review

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