Antigenic assessment of the H3N2 component of the 2019-2020 Northern Hemisphere influenza vaccine

oleh: Sigrid Gouma, Madison Weirick, Scott E. Hensley

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-05-01

Deskripsi

Vaccine mismatch and changes in antigenicity due to vaccine strain egg adaptation can affect seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness. Here, Gouma et al. show that the egg-adapted 3c3.A H3N2 vaccine strain elicits antibodies with limited reactivity to a wildtype 3c3.A strain and currently circulating 3c2.A H3N2 strains.