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Shaping the phylogenetic tree of influenza by cross-immunity.
Theoretical population biology - 1 Sept 2006
Andreasen Viggo, Sasaki Akira
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Cross-immunity among related strains can account for the selection producing the slender phylogenetic tree of influenza A and B in humans. Using a model of seasonal influenza epidemics with drift (Andreasen, 2003. Dynamics of annual influenza A epidemics with immuno-selection. J. Math. Biol. 46, 504-536), and assuming that two mutants arrive in the host population sequentially, we determine the threshold...
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