In practice, most vaccination programs against the H9N2 variant of avian influenza appear to be ineffective in poultry. This is the conclusion of Xue Pan after the research with which she hopes to obtain a doctorate at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) next Wednesday.
The H9N2 avian influenza virus is the most common and most harmful low pathogenic avian influenza virus in the world, which not only seriously damages livestock breeding, but also poses a huge public health challenge. According to Pan, vaccination is the most important and effective strategy to control this virus.
However, this is still not enough. This was a reason for him to look into how the mechanism around vaccination works and to find out what factors can disrupt the effectiveness of this vaccine. He also looked at ideas for improving the effectiveness of this vaccine.
