This is due to possible complications from the weakened form of the live influenza virus it contains. The FluMist nasal spray is a live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV). This means it is made ...

Future Virology. 2014;9(2):161-171. Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients with influenza disease are at high risk for severe influenza and so these individuals benefit from annual immunization.

Background Because inactivated trivalent influenza vaccines (TIVs) contain 1 influenza B strain, whereas 2 lineages may co-circulate, B lineage mismatch is frequent. We assessed an inactivated ...