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Influenza B Viruses Exhibit Lower Within-Host Diversity than Influenza A Viruses in Human Hosts.
Journal of virology - 14 Feb 2020
Valesano Andrew L, Fitzsimmons William J, McCrone John T, Petrie Joshua G, Monto Arnold S, Martin Emily T, Lauring Adam S
Abstract excerpt
Influenza B virus (IBV) undergoes seasonal antigenic drift more slowly than influenza A virus, but the reasons for this difference are unclear. While the evolutionary dynamics of influenza viruses play out globally, they are fundamentally driven by mutation, reassortment, drift, and selection at the level of individual hosts. These processes have recently been described for influenza A virus, but little is known...
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