SnapShot: Evolution of human influenza A viruses. - PubMed - NCBI

SnapShot: Evolution of human influenza A viruses. - PubMed - NCBI

Cell Host Microbe. 2015 Mar 11;17(3):416.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2015.02.001.

SnapShot: Evolution of human influenza A viruses.

Wendel I1, Matrosovich M1, Klenk HD1.

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Abstract

The major natural hosts of influenza A viruses are wild aquatic birds. Occasionally, viruses are transmitted to mammalian and other avian species, including humans. Due to the high mutation rate and reassortment of the viral genome, the viruses may undergo adaptation to humans and then give rise to a pandemic.

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25766297

 

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