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Evolutionary consequences of a decade of vaccination against subtype H6N2 influenza.
Virology - 1 Nov 2016
Rauff Dionne, Strydom Christine, Abolnik Celia
Abstract excerpt
The evolutionary dynamics of chicken-origin H6N2 viruses isolated in South Africa between 2002 and 2013 were investigated. Sub-lineages I and II continued to co-circulate under vaccination pressure, but sub-lineage I, from which the inactivated vaccine was derived, displayed a markedly higher mutation rate and a three-fold increase in the emergence of potential antigenic sites on the globular head of HA compared...
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