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Past Encounters with the Flu Shape Vaccine Response

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Immune history influences vaccine effectiveness, interacting with other potential problems arising from the manufacturing process

Boston, Mass.—(ENEWSPF)—February 22, 2018

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By: Todd Datz and Matt Wood

New research on why the influenza vaccine was only modestly effective in recent years shows that immune history with the flu influences a person’s response to the vaccine.

Low effectiveness of the flu vaccine is often blamed on problems with how the vaccine is designed and produced.…

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