Both haemagglutinin-specific antibody and T cell responses induced by a chimpanzee adenoviral vaccine confer protection against influenza H7N9 viral challenge

Abstract Since 2013, the outbreak or sporadic infection of a new reassortant H7N9 influenza virus in China has resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of illnesses. An H7N9 vaccine is urgently needed, as a licensed human vaccine against H7N9 influenza is currently not available. Here, we develo...

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Main Authors: Xiang Wang, Weihui Fu, Songhua Yuan, Xi Yang, Yufeng Song, Lulu Liu, Yudan Chi, Tao Cheng, Man Xing, Yan Zhang, Chao Zhang, Yong Yang, Caihong Zhu, Xiaoyan Zhang, Sidong Xiong, Jianqing Xu, Dongming Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02019-1