Immune Pressure on Polymorphous Influenza B Populations Results in Diverse Hemagglutinin Escape Mutants and Lineage Switching
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DOI: 10.3390/vaccines8010125
Abstract: Mutations arise in the genomes of progeny viruses during infection. Mutations that occur in epitopes targeted by host antibodies allow the progeny virus to escape the host adaptive, B-cell mediated antibody immune response. Major epitopes… read more here.
Keywords: amino acid; escape; immune pressure; mutations occur ... See more keywords