Could your previous flu infection protect you from bird flu? Scientists find that immunity to 2009 H1N1 slashes the risk of severe H5N1 illness, even after close contact exposure.
Study: Preexisting immunity to the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus reduces susceptibility to H5N1 infection and disease in ferrets. Image Credit: digicomphoto / Shutterstock
In a recent study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, a group of researchers tested whether infection-elicited immunity to influenza A virus (IAV) subtypes hemagglutinin 1 neuraminidase 1 (H1N1) or hemagglutinin 3 neuraminidase 2 (H3N2), and the order of exposure, lessens ferret susceptibility to and disease from clade 2.3.4.4b hemagglutinin 5 neuraminidase 1 (H5N1),…
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