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Vaccination and antigenic drift in influenza

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Boni, Maciej F.·2008·Vaccine

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The relationship between influenza antigenic drift and vaccination lies at the intersection of evolutionary biology and public health, and it must be viewed and analyzed in both contexts simultaneously. In this paper, 1 review what is known about the effects of antigenic drift on vaccination and the effects of vaccination on antigenic drift, and I suggest some simple ways to detect the presence of antigenic drift in seasonal influenza data. If antigenic drift occurs on the time scale of a single influenza season, it may be associated with the presence of herd immunity at the beginning of the season and may indicate a need to monitor for vaccine updates at the end of the season. The relationship between antigenic drift and vaccination must also be viewed in the context of the global circulation of influenza strains and the seeding of local and regional epidemics. In the data sets I consider--from New Zealand, New York, and France--antigenic drift can be statistically detected during some seasons, and seeding of epidemics appears to be endogenous sometimes and exogenous at other times. Improved detection of short-term antigenic drift and epidemic seeding would significantly benefit influenza monitoring efforts and vaccine selection.

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Authors
Boni, M. F.
Affiliations
Resources For The Future (US)
Corresponding author
Boni, Maciej F.
Venue
Vaccine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-07
Volume
26
Pages
C8-C14
ISSN
0264-410X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2023224232
Cited by
226
References
48
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Vaccine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (F32HG000205, HG000205, P01HG000205)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM28016, R01GM028016)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Respiratory viral infections research
Keywords
influenza vaccination, seasonal influenza, herd immunity, vaccine update, vaccine selection
MeSH terms
Antigenic Variation, Biological Evolution, Humans, Influenza, Human, Influenza Vaccines, Vaccination, Virulence, Genetic Drift, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype, Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype

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