Emerging antigenic variants at the antigenic site Sb in pandemic A(H1N1)2009 influenza virus in Japan detected by a human monoclonal antibody.

The swine-origin pandemic A(H1N1)2009 virus, A(H1N1)pdm09, is still circulating in parts of the human population. To monitor variants that may escape from vaccination specificity, antigenic characterization of circulating viruses is important. In this study, a hybridoma clone producing human monoclo...

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Main Authors: Mayo Yasugi, Ritsuko Kubota-Koketsu, Akifumi Yamashita, Norihito Kawashita, Anariwa Du, Ryo Misaki, Motoki Kuhara, Naphatsawan Boonsathorn, Kazuhito Fujiyama, Yoshinobu Okuno, Takaaki Nakaya, Kazuyoshi Ikuta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3797713?pdf=render