There's evidence that certain vaccines boost the body's defense against many kinds of illness. Scientists are investigating whether this benefit extends to protection from COVID-19.

More information: Brian D. Carey et al, A Lassa virus live attenuated vaccine candidate that is safe and efficacious in guinea pigs, npj Vaccines (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41541-024-01012-w Provided ...

"This PROTAC vaccine technology could also be useful for generating live-attenuated vaccines against other types of pathogens," said Prof. SI. Reference: Si L, Shen Q, Li J, et al. Generation of a ...

Previous clinical trials of live attenuated trivalent influenza vaccine in young children have shown it to be highly effective. 7–9 Live attenuated influenza vaccine showed high efficacy when ...

In the 2007-2008 flu season, the inactivated vaccine was more effective than the live attenuated vaccine in preventing laboratory-confirmed symptomatic influenza A (mostly H3N2) in healthy adults.

HKUMed has achieved a significant breakthrough in developing needle-free, live-attenuated influenza vaccines with broad protection against human and avian virus subtypes.

Live attenuated influenza vaccines, administered intranasally to swine, provoke a broader immune response than whole inactivated virus vaccines, which are the current standard. That broader immune ...

The first live-attenuated Zika vaccine still in the development stage completely protected mice against the virus after a single vaccination dose, according to new research from The University of ...

The first live-attenuated Zika vaccine still in the development stage completely protected mice against the virus after a single vaccination dose, according to new research from the University of ...

Live-attenuated vaccines are also used to protect the body against mumps, rubella, polio, and yellow fever. Similar-pathogen vaccine: smallpox virus : Attenuated vaccine: measles virus : Killed ...

In contrast, there appear to be high rates of seroconversion in seronegative children. 4,21,22 However, protection provided by the live attenuated vaccine has been observed in spite of the lack of ...

Immunizing children with intranasal live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) does not appear to provide better protection against influenza than inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV), according to a ...