Getting a seasonal flu vaccination is a choice made not just on your beliefs, but also how much exposure you have and on how well they work.
A new study, published in The Journal of Immunology, found that while all four seasonal flu vaccines produced similar antibody levels, their ability to activate cellular immunity varied greatly depending on the vaccine type and age group.
In this study, the researchers investigated four different flu vaccines: Fluzone High-Dose, Fluzone Standard-Dose, Flucelvax, and Fluad.
The Fluzone High-Dose vaccine generated the strongest and most coordinated B- and T-cell immune responses in older adults (ages 65–85).
In younger adults (ages 28–60), Flucelvax, the mammalian cell-based vaccine, outperformed Fluzone Standard-Dose, the standard egg-based vaccine.
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