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Open AccessProperties and prospects of adjuvants in influenza vaccination - messy precipitates or blessed opportunities?
Influenza is a major challenge to healthcare systems world-wide. While prophylactic vaccination is largely efficient, long-lasting immunity has not been achieved in immunized populations, at least in part due ...
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Open AccessDevelopment of avian influenza virus H5 DNA vaccine and MDP-1 gene of Mycobacterium bovisas genetic adjuvant
Studies have shown that DNA vaccines can induce protective immunity, which demonstrated the high potential of DNA vaccines as an alternative to inactivated vaccines. Vaccines are frequently formulated with adj...
