La avidez de unión al receptor de la hemaglutinina impulsa la deriva antigénica del virus de la influenza A

Scott E Hensley1, Suman R Das, Adam L Bailey

  • 1Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|November 11, 2009
PubMed
Resumen

El virus de la influenza A evoluciona alterando la hemaglutinina que se une a los receptores celulares, lo que permite la evasión inmune. Esta deriva antigénica desafía la efectividad de la vacuna, lo que requiere una investigación continua sobre los mecanismos de evolución viral.

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