Antigen Shifts Complicate Influenza Vaccine Development
Posted in Nuts and Bolts on December 29th, 2009 No Comments »
2009 pandemic influenza has supposedly peaked; politicians are moving on to more pressing matters (i.e., germane to their re-election campaigns), and citizens around the globe have been reassured that humanity has — in all likelihood – dodged another epidemiologic bullet.
However, recent shifts in H1N1’s genetic makeup are causing concern for virologists and some public health experts. Changes in […]