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Evolutionary trends of A(H1N1) influenza virus hemagglutinin since 1918.
PloS one - 17 Nov 2009
Shen Jun, Ma Jianpeng, Wang Qinghua
Abstract excerpt
The Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 is spreading to numerous countries and causing many human deaths. Although the symptoms in humans are mild at present, fears are that further mutations in the virus could lead to a potentially more dangerous outbreak in subsequent months. As the primary immunity-eliciting antigen, hemagglutinin (HA) is the major agent for host-driven antigenic drift in A(H3N2) virus. However, whether and...
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