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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kosik I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5773227 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PLoS pathogens 20180118 1
Rapid antigenic evolution enables the persistence of seasonal influenza A and B viruses in human populations despite widespread herd immunity. Understanding viral mechanisms that enable antigenic evolution is critical for designing durable vaccines and therapeutics. Here, we utilize the primerID method of error-correcting viral population sequencing to reveal an unexpected role for hemagglutinin (HA) glycosylation in compensating for fitness defects resulting from escape from anti-HA neutralizin ...[more]