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Influenza Redeveloped People Suggest Vaccine Revaccinated Year Virus

Front Suggest why the influenza vaccine needs to be redeveloped and people need to be revaccinated each year.
Back Influenza vaccine:
  • The virus causing flu mutates regularly so its antigens on surface change too
  • This means that vaccines must be redeveloped as people will no longer be able to form secondary response against the mutated variant

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