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Multiple genotypes of influenza B virus circulated between 1979 and 2003.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 2004
McCullers Jonathan A, Saito Takehiko, Iverson Amy R
Abstract excerpt
The segmented genome of influenza B virus allows exchange of gene segments between cocirculating strains. Through this process of reassortment, diversity is generated by the mixing of genes between viruses that differ in one or more gene segments. Phylogenetic and evolutionary analyses of all 11 genes of 31 influenza B viruses isolated from 1979 to 2003 were used to study the evolution of whole genomes. All 11...
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