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Influenza virus hemagglutinin stalk-based antibodies and vaccines.

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Broadly protective vaccine candidates based on the epitopes of these antibodies, for example, chimeric and headless hemagglutinin structures, are under development and show promising results in animals models, and could be developed into universal influenza virus vaccines that protect from infection with drifted seasonal as well as novel pandemic influenza virus strains therefore obviating the need for annual vaccination, and enhancing pandemic preparedness.
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This article is published in Current Opinion in Virology.The article was published on 2013-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 301 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Influenza A virus & H5N1 genetic structure.

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Single-replication BM2SR vaccine provides sterilizing immunity and cross-lineage influenza B virus protection in mice.

TL;DR: The data presented here support the feasibility of BM2SR as a platform for next-generation trivalent influenza vaccine development and provide apparent sterilizing immunity to mice against intra- and inter-lineage drifted B virus challenge.
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A nanoemulsion-adjuvanted intranasal H5N1 influenza vaccine protects ferrets against homologous and heterologous H5N1 lethal challenge.

TL;DR: Intranasal administration of NE01 adjuvant-formulated rH5 vaccine elicited systemic and probably mucosal immunity that conferred protection against lethal challenge with homologous or heterologous viral strains, and enhanced viral clearance with decreased shedding.
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Immunity to Influenza Infection in Humans

TL;DR: This review discusses the human immune responses to influenza infection with some insights from studies using animal models, such as experimental infection of mice, and considers the complexity of the adaptive response generated by many sequential encounters through infection and vaccination.
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Proteomic analysis of influenza haemagglutinin-specific antibodies following vaccination reveals convergent immunoglobulin variable region signatures.

TL;DR: Analysis of the anti-haemagglutinin serum antibody proteome from six H1N1pdm09 influenza A vaccinated subjects demonstrated restricted IgG1 heavy chain species encoded by I GHV5-51 and IGHV3-7 gene families in 2 subjects and either IGHW-51 or IGHv3- 7 in 4 individuals.
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Hemagglutinin Stalk Antibody Responses Following Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine Immunization of Pregnant Women and Association With Protection From Influenza Virus Illness.

TL;DR: H1/stalk IgG concentration was associated with lower odds for A/H1N1 influenza virus illness, indicating its potential as an epitope for a universal vaccine against group 1 influenza virus.
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TL;DR: TheCR6261 epitope identified here should accelerate the design and implementation of improved vaccines that can elicit CR6261-like antibodies, as well as antibody-based therapies for the treatment of influenza.
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Rapid cloning of high-affinity human monoclonal antibodies against influenza virus

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