Strengthening the influenza vaccine virus selection and development process Outcome of the 2nd WHO Informal Consultation for Improving Influenza Vaccine Virus Selection held at the Centre International de Conferences (CICG) Geneva, Switzerland, 7 to 9 December 2011
Strengthening the influenza vaccine virus selection and development process Outcome of the 2nd WHO Informal Consultation for Improving Influenza Vaccine Virus Selection held at the Centre International de Conferences (CICG) Geneva, Switzerland, 7 to 9 December 2011
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DOI:
10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.05.049
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发表时间:
2013-07-11
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Ziegler, Thedi
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作者:
Al Busaidy, Suleiman;Al-Gohary, Amany;Ziegler, Thedi
Influenza vaccination remains the cornerstone of global, regional and national public health efforts to reduce the impact of both recurrent influenza epidemics and infrequent pandemics. Effective influenza vaccination programmes rely upon the availability of vaccines that are well matched to the latest antigenic variants, and upon timely and equitable access to such vaccines. At the heart of influenza vaccine production lies the vaccine virus selection and development process (Fig. 1) implemented and coordinated by the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS). 2Since 1952, the GISRS has evolved into the key global mechanism for continually monitoring influenza activity, and for assessing the risks posed both by seasonal epidemics and by animal influenza viruses with the potential to cause a pandemic. As awareness of these risks has risen, and as the burden of disease caused by influenza has become clearer, the demands placed on the GISRS have increased, especially over the last decade. In 2003, the re-emergence of human cases of H5N1 influenza highlighted the importance of strengthened pandemic influenza preparedness and response capacities, which were subsequently enshrined in the updated International Health Regulations (2005). The marked expansion of the GISRS–primarily as a result of increases in the number, geographical coverage and capacities of National Influenza Centres (NICs)–and the more prominent coordinating role of WHO proved to be fully justified when the system was tested by the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. In 2011, the historic adoption of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework for the sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits reflected growing recognition of the importance of the timely sharing and characterization of viruses, and the equitable provision of effective vaccines against both seasonal and pandemic influenza.