[Evolution and epidemiology of influenza A viruses].

Article

[Evolution and epidemiology of influenza A viruses].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Oct 1996

Nakajima S, Nobusawa E, Nakajima K

Abstract excerpt

Influenza A viruses are suitable for the analysis of virus evolution because the genes of the viruses are well analyzed. The origin of the present human influenza A viruses are deduced to be direct descendent of the viruses which caused Spanish flu in 1918. The analysis of NS gene shows the branc...

Topics

Animals
Antigenic Variation
Biological Evolution
Hemagglutinins, Viral
Humans
Influenza A virus
Influenza, Human
Mutation
Neuraminidase
Phylogeny
Serotyping

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