Police in Seattle, Washington, wear masks to protect themselves during the 1918 flu pandemic that killed nearly 50 million people. (National Archives/Time Life/Getty) |
The ghosts of influenza past
Your immune system’s response to flu is shaped by its very first exposure to influenza in childhood: the more similar a circulating virus is to that first-experienced strain, the stronger your natural defences against it. Understanding how this immunologic ‘imprinting’ works could help to improve our relatively ineffective vaccines against flu.
Nature | 11 min readSee also: Nature editorial: “Signs of hope emerge against influenza” |
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Thursday, August 09, 2018
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