Dr. Barry Dworkin

Interesting findings on why flu vaccine H3N2 strain mutates during vaccine production affecting vaccine efficacy

Health Headlines Commentary for November 9, 2017

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Flu season is here, and experts are already concerned

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Contemporary H3N2 influenza viruses have a glycosylation site that alters binding of antibodies elicited by egg-adapted vaccine strains

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