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Research from University of Fudan Broadens Understanding of Influenza A Virus

Published in Vaccine Weekly, July 20th, 2011

2011 JUL 20 -- Research findings, "Antigenic and genetic variation in the hemagglutinins of H1N1 and H3N2 human influenza a viruses in the Shanghai area from 2005 to 2008," are discussed in a new report. "Continued rapid evolution of the influenza A virus is responsible for annual epidemics and occasional pandemics in the Shanghai area. In the present study, the representative strains of A/H1N1 and A/H3N2 influenza viruses isolated in the Shanghai area from 2005 to 2008 were antigenically and genetically characterized," scientists in Shanghai, People's Republic of China report.

"The antigenic cartography method was carried out to visualize the...

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