免疫脱出がインフルエンザの伝播動態に与える影響を定量化

Andrew W Park1, Janet M Daly, Nicola S Lewis

  • 1Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. awpark@uga.edu

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

インフルエンザウイルスは抗原的に進化し,免疫を回避します. この研究は,ウイルスの遺伝的変化と伝播確率を関連付け,免疫逃避に基づく流行リスクを予測しています.

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