Potent Protection against H5N1 and H7N9 Influenza via Childhood Hemagglutinin Imprinting
Katelyn M Gostic, Monique R Ambrose, Michael Worobey, James O Lloyd-Smith
The paper shows that a person's first influenza infection provides lifelong protection against severe disease from novel HA subtypes of the same phylogenetic group, with 75% protection against severe infection and 80% against death for H5N1 and H7N9.
bioRxiv · Jul 5, 2016Epidemiology