Strategies for preventing influenza : future perspectives in influenza vaccine technology

Prevention of influenza transmission and containment of epidemics and pandemics require effective strategies that can be efficiently and easily addressed to the whole population. Annual vaccination is undoubtedly the most effective way to provide protection against influenza infection. Numbers of vaccines are actually available for yearly immunisation. However, the continuous increasing demand for rapidly available vaccine doses for immunisation of a larger proportion of population represents the stimulus for study and development of more efficient vaccine production technologies, which can guarantee reduction of vaccine manufacture times and better compliance by availability of easier routes of administration. New perspectives in influenza vaccination technology are making their way in the future panorama of influenza prevention strategies.