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Software for Characterizing the Antigenic and Genetic Evolution of Human Influenza Viruses.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2018
Reimering Susanne, McHardy Alice C
Abstract excerpt
Influenza viruses are rapidly evolving pathogens causing annual epidemics and occasional pandemics. The accumulation of amino acid substitutions allows the virus to adapt to changing environments like novel host species or to escape the acquired immunity of the host population. Especially substitutions in the epitope regions of the surface protein HA lead to antigenic change, facilitating the evasion of the...
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