Joseph Breese - Sabin Vaccine Institute
Joseph Breese - Sabin Vaccine Institute
Joseph Breese - Sabin Vaccine Institute
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Influenza vaccines: types<br />
“Standard” Inactivated vaccines<br />
• Many manufacturers<br />
• Intramuscular injection<br />
• 0.5cc per dose<br />
• often decreased to 0.25cc for children 6-35 months<br />
• Contains 15 µg hemagglutinin of each virus strain per 0.5cc dose<br />
• 6 months of age or older – products vary<br />
• Protection primarily mediated by humoral immunity against the<br />
hemagglutinin protein<br />
• Protection correlated with serum antibody levels postvaccination