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Antigenic Drift of Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Hemagglutinin.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2019
Ning Tingting, Nie Jianhui, Huang Weijin, Li Changgui, Li Xuguang, Liu Qiang, Zhao Hui, Wang Youchun
Abstract excerpt
Background: Since the emergence of influenza A(H7N9) virus in 2013, there have been 5 waves of influenza A(H7N9) epidemics in China. However, evolution of the hemagglutinin (HA) protein antigenicity has not been systematically investigated. Methods: To better understand how antigenic drift in HA proteins of influenza (A)H7N9 virus occurs, 902 influenza A(H7N9) virus HA protein sequences from a public database...
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