VIRUSES are simple organisms about a hundred times smaller than human cells – but they are incredibly effective at infecting people.
Vaccination works by tricking the body into thinking it has been infected by a virus, in order to make it develop resistance through recognising the proteins on the surface of the virus.
But the constant mutation of these proteins means experts have to predict what strains will be circulating every year and develop fresh vaccines to respond.
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