Article
Homology model of the structure of influenza B virus HA1.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Nov 2004
Tung Chang-Shung, Goodman Joshua L, Lu Henry, Macken Catherine A
Abstract excerpt
Influenza B virus is one of two types of influenza virus that cause substantial morbidity and mortality in humans, the other being influenza A virus. The inability to provide lasting protection to humans against influenza B virus infection is due, in part, to antigenic drift of the viral surface glycoprotein, haemagglutinin (HA). Studies of the antigenicity of the HA of influenza B virus have been hampered by...
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