H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...

These immunogens elicit cross-reactive antibodies to group 2 influenza viruses and could be used in combination with group 1 HA stem-ferritin immunogens as a universal influenza vaccine.

New computational modeling of avian influenza variants’ immunoprotein interactions – developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte – reveals the H5N1 influenza virus is ...

IN studies of naturally acquired and experimentally induced influenza it has been found that disease occurs in persons with moderate or high serum levels of neutralizing antibody directed against ...

Study: Influenza antibody breadth and effector functions ... In the context of pH1N1 infection, HA-stem-specific antibodies play a crucial role in providing protection, which is mediated by ...

is now used in vaccine strategies focused on protecting against influenza pandemics," Mantus asserted. "Antibody responses to group 1 stem have been extensively characterized, but little is known ...

Published on March 17 in eBioMedicine the team's new research provides urgent findings as avian influenza poses an ongoing ...

New computational modeling of avian influenza variants' immunoprotein ... Discovery of "an overall worsening in antibody affinity to more recent H5N1 isolates" indicates current and future H5N1 ...