NIAID announces two awards for multi-year studies of influenza immunity in children

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has announced two awards for the study of influenza immunity in children. The awards, which may total more than $64 million over seven years, will support studies led by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, examining how young children's immune systems respond over multiple years to their initial influenza infection and their first vaccination.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news