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Accumulation of human-adapting mutations during circulation of A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza virus in humans in the United Kingdom.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2014
Elderfield Ruth A, Watson Simon J, Godlee Alexandra, Adamson Walt E, Thompson Catherine I, Dunning Jake, Fernandez-Alonso Mirian, Blumenkrantz Deena, Hussell Tracy, Zambon Maria, Openshaw Peter, Kellam Paul, Barclay Wendy S
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UNLABELLED: The influenza pandemic that emerged in 2009 provided an unprecedented opportunity to study adaptation of a virus recently acquired from an animal source during human transmission. In the United Kingdom, the novel virus spread in three temporally distinct waves between 2009 and 2011. Phylogenetic analysis of complete viral genomes showed that mutations accumulated over time. Second- and third-wave...
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