Genome-wide evolutionary dynamics of influenza B viruses on a global scale.

The global-scale epidemiology and genome-wide evolutionary dynamics of influenza B remain poorly understood compared with influenza A viruses. We compiled a spatio-temporally comprehensive dataset of influenza B viruses, comprising over 2,500 genomes sampled worldwide between 1987 and 2015, includin...

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Main Authors: Pinky Langat, Jayna Raghwani, Gytis Dudas, Thomas A Bowden, Stephanie Edwards, Astrid Gall, Trevor Bedford, Andrew Rambaut, Rodney S Daniels, Colin A Russell, Oliver G Pybus, John McCauley, Paul Kellam, Simon J Watson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-12-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006749