Influenza Vaccines for the Future

Download or read book Influenza Vaccines for the Future written by Rino Rappuoli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of H5N1 avian influenza in 1997 and of the influenza A H1N1 of swine origin in 2009 calls for new, rapid and sustainable solutions for both seasonal and pandemic influenza viruses. During the last ten years, science and technology have made enormous progress, and we are now able to monitor in real time the genetics of viruses while they spread globally, to make more powerful vaccines using novel adjuvants, and to generate viruses in the laboratory using reverse genetics. This volume not only provides state-of-the-art information on the biology of influenza viruses and on influenza vaccines, but is also designed to be a resource to face the present H1N1 pandemic and to plan for long-term global and sustainable solutions.