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Mutation and Epistasis in Influenza Virus Evolution.
Viruses - 3 Aug 2018
Lyons Daniel M, Lauring Adam S
Abstract excerpt
Influenza remains a persistent public health challenge, because the rapid evolution of influenza viruses has led to marginal vaccine efficacy, antiviral resistance, and the annual emergence of novel strains. This evolvability is driven, in part, by the virus's capacity to generate diversity through mutation and reassortment. Because many new traits require multiple mutations and mutations are frequently combined...
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