The Future of Influenza Vaccines: A Historical and Clinical Perspective
For centuries, the development of vaccines to prevent infectious disease was an empirical process. From smallpox variolation in Song dynasty China, through the polysaccharide capsule vaccines developed in the 1970s, vaccines were made either from the pathogen itself, treated in some way to render it...
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MDPI AG
2018-08-01
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/6/3/58 |