The present invention provides a vaccine composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of whole influenza
virus, split influenza
virus,
virus like particle (VLP) or a combination thereof wherein one or more surface viral glycoproteins of the whole influenza virus, split influenza virus or VLP is partially glycosylated; and wherein the whole influenza virus and the split influenza virus has been attenuated or inactivated. The present invention also provides a method of preparation of the vaccine comprising the steps of injecting working virus seed with an inhibitor of the
mannosidase into embryonated chicken egg to inoculate the embryonated chicken egg; incubating the inoculated embryonated chicken egg to propagate the working vims; harvesting allantonic fluids from the inoculated embryonated chicken egg; concentrating and clarifying the harvested allantonic fluids; purifying the concentrated and clarified allantonic fluids using
sucrose density
centrifugation; applying deglycosylation
enzyme to the purified allantonic fluid to partially glycosylate viral surface
glycoprotein of the propagated vims within the purified allantonic fluid; removing deglycosylation
enzyme from whole vims with partially glycosylated viral surface
glycoprotein; and inactivating the vims. The present invention further provides a method of treatment for prevention of influenza infection comprising the step of administering any embodiment of the vaccine of the present invention to a subject.