The role of genomics in tracking the evolution of influenza A virus.

Influenza A virus causes annual epidemics and occasional pandemics of short-term respiratory infections associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. The pandemics occur when new human-transmissible viruses that have the major surface protein of influenza A viruses from other host species ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alice Carolyn McHardy, Ben Adams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2739293?pdf=render