Richard W. Compans is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Scientific Director of Influenza Pathogenesis and Immunology Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA and series editor and volume editor of several successful volumes of Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Michael B.A. Oldstone is a professor at the Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA and series editor and volume editor of several successful volumes of Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology.

• The role of cytokine responses during influenza virus pathogenesis and potential therapeutic options.- Innate immune sensing and response to influenza.- The NS1 protein: a multitasking virulence factor.- Role of NK cells in influenza infection.- Host detection and the stealthy phenotype in influenza virus infection.- Inactivated and adjuvanted influenza vaccines.- Live attenuated influenza vaccine.- Design of alternative live attenuated influenza virus vaccines.- Rapid production of synthetic influenza vaccines.- Influenza neuraminidase as a vaccine antigen.- Advances in universal influenza virus vaccine design and antibody mediated therapies based on conserved regions of the hemagglutinin.- Structural characterization of epitopes recognized by broadly cross-reactive antibodies.- Skin immunization with influenza vaccines.- Mucosal immunization and adjuvants.- B cell responses to infection and vaccination.- Memory CD4 T cells in influenza.- The effector T cell response to influenza infection.- Antiviral Effects of Inhibiting Host Gene Expression. .