A Rice University study of 6,610 human flu sequences predicts that this fall's flu vaccine will likely have the same reduced efficacy against the dominant circulating strain of influenza A as the vaccine given in 2016 and 2017 due to viral mutations related to vaccine production in eggs.

Link:

http://news.rice.edu/2018/04/19/study-predicts-2018-flu-vaccine-will-have-20-per…

Author:

Jade Boyd