Fast-Spreading Mutation Helps Common Flu Subtype Escape Immune Response
July 11, 2020
July 11, 2020
BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 11 -- Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release:
Strains of a common subtype of influenza virus, H3N2, have almost universally acquired a mutation that effectively blocks antibodies from binding to a key viral protein, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The results have implications for flu vaccine design, according to the researchers. Cu . . .
Strains of a common subtype of influenza virus, H3N2, have almost universally acquired a mutation that effectively blocks antibodies from binding to a key viral protein, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The results have implications for flu vaccine design, according to the researchers. Cu . . .