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Live “attenuated” influenza virus vaccine protects animals against respiratory infections, including SARS-CoV-2 – News-Medical.Net

Researchers in the United States and Austria have demonstrated the potential of a modified influenza virus as a vaccine to protect against viral respiratory pathogens,…

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Researchers in the United States and Austria have demonstrated the potential of a modified influenza virus as a vaccine to protect against viral respiratory pathogens, including the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The team showed that pre-treatment with a virus lacking the influenza A non-structural protein 1 (ΔNS1) induced an interferon type 1 (IFN) response with antiviral activity in embryonated chicken eggs and…

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