TITLE: "Baseline MEthylation Patterns prior to flu vaccination." ABSTRACT: Influenza affects millions worldwide each year with responses varying from individual to individual. Influenza can be broken down into subtypes specifically H1N1, H3N2, Yamagata, and Victoria. One way to measure the immune response to influenza is to measure a person’s antibody response to influenza. To measure how many antibodies are present in a sample, a hemagglutination inhibition assay (HAI) is used. DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism used to regulate gene expression…