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Melia E Bonomo1,2, Michael W Deem1,2,3.
Abstract
We predict vaccine efficacy with a measure of antigenic distance between influenza A(H3N2) and vaccine viruses based on amino acid substitutions in the dominant epitope. In 2016-2017, our model predicts 19% efficacy compared with 20% observed. This tool assists candidate vaccine selection by predicting human protection against circulating strains.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29672670 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy323
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079