Influenza virus antigenic variation, host antibody production and new approach to control epidemics

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Influenza is an infectious disease and can lead to life-threatening complications like pneumonia. The disease is caused by three types of RNA viruses called influenza types A, B and C, each consisting of eight negative single-stranded RNA-segments encoding 11 pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Deng Yi-Mo, Chen Jiezhong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:Virology Journal
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/6/1/30