Universal influenza vaccine: the holy grail?

Abstract

Influenza vaccines have been available since the 1950s and have seen increasingly wide use as public health authorities expanded recommendations. Recent events including shortages and avian influenza outbreaks have renewed interest in influenza vaccines, particularly improved vaccines.

Keywords::

• engineered viruses
• pandemic
• recombinant DNA
• reverse genetics

Financial & competing interests disclosure

The author was an employee of VaxInnate Corporation (NJ, USA) when this article was written. The author has no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.