Prediction of influenza vaccine effectiveness for the influenza season 2017/18 in the US

F1000Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Veljkovic, Veljko ^b   Paessler, Slobodan ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Biomed Protection   (United States)

Author keywords

H3N2; Influenza virus; Phylogenetic analysis; Seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ HA1;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DRUG EFFICACY; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85041729375     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: 1759796X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.13198.1     Document Type: Article

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