A High-Resolution Look at Influenza Virus Antigenic Drift

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology.
² Department of Microbiology Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.

Editorial

Michael Schotsaert et al. J Infect Dis. 2016.

. 2016 Oct 1;214(7):982.

doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiw183. Epub 2016 May 6.

¹ Department of Microbiology.
² Department of Microbiology Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.

No abstract available

Keywords: antigenic drift; hemagglutinin; influenza; sequencing; vaccine effectiveness.

Comment on

Enhanced Genetic Characterization of Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses and Vaccine Effectiveness by Genetic Group, 2014-2015.
Flannery B, Zimmerman RK, Gubareva LV, Garten RJ, Chung JR, Nowalk MP, Jackson ML, Jackson LA, Monto AS, Ohmit SE, Belongia EA, McLean HQ, Gaglani M, Piedra PA, Mishin VP, Chesnokov AP, Spencer S, Thaker SN, Barnes JR, Foust A, Sessions W, Xu X, Katz J, Fry AM. Flannery B, et al. J Infect Dis. 2016 Oct 1;214(7):1010-9. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiw181. Epub 2016 May 6. J Infect Dis. 2016. PMID: 27190176 Free PMC article.

1. Flannery B, Zimmerman RK, Gubareva LV et al. . Enhanced genetic characterization of influenza A(H3N2) viruses and vaccine effectiveness, by genetic group, 2014–2015. J Infect Dis 2016; 214:1010–9. - PMC - PubMed