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Molecular and antigenic evolution of human influenza A/H3N2 viruses in Quebec, Canada, 2009-2011.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jan 2012
Ann Julie, Papenburg Jesse, Bouhy Xavier, Rhéaume Chantal, Hamelin Marie-Ève, Boivin Guy
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A/H3N2 variability leads to poor vaccine effectiveness when the vaccine strain is not well matched to the circulating virus. OBJECTIVES: We aim to describe the molecular and antigenic evolution of A/H3N2 viruses recovered during the last 3 influenza seasons in Quebec, Canada. STUDY DE...
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