Strain-specific differences in the response to egg-derived versus recombinant protein influenza vaccines
Andrea N. Loes, Rosario Araceli L Tarabi, Shuk Hang Li, Reilly K. Atkinson, John Huddleston, Caroline Kikawa, Tachianna Griffiths, Elizabeth M. Drapeau, Sook‐San Wong, SW Cheng, Nancy Leung, Sarah E. Cobey, Benjamin John Cowling, Trevor Bedford, Scott E. Hensley, Jesse D. Bloom
This study compares neutralizing antibody titers from egg-derived and recombinant protein influenza vaccines against diverse H1N1 strains, finding that egg-derived vaccines induce less boost against a new clade with specific antigenic mutations.
Journal of Virology · May 27, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology