[Vaccines against highly pathogenic influenza viruses of the avian origin]

Worldwide spreading of H5 and H7 highly pathogenic influenza viruses of the avian origin, which periodically infect and kill humans without prior adaptation, poses a constant threat of the new pandemic. The effectiveness of the pandemic prevention completely depends on the quality of the existing influenza vaccines. Typical methods of the vaccine production from the antigenically relevant strains are problematic in case of high virulent H5 and H7 viruses. Therefore, new approaches to the construction of the vaccine strains and production technologies are required in order to protect the population.