Strong Support
mechanistic
Giving mice a special flu vaccine a few days before exposing them to RSV (a virus that causes colds) stopped the RSV from multiplying in their lungs—even though the flu vaccine wasn’t designed to fight RSV at all.
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Evidence from Studies
Supporting (1)
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Non-specific Effect of Vaccines: Immediate Protection against Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection by a Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine
Randomized Controlled Trial
Animal
2018Contradicting (0)
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No contradicting evidence found
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