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Influenza viruses can use a second entry pathway to infect cells, study shows
The ability to use MHC class II proteins for cell entry could have been one of the reasons why H2N2 influenza viruses emerged as a pandemic virus in Asia back in 1957. This is another good reason ...
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The Evolving History of Influenza Viruses and Influenza Vaccines
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2013;12(9):1085-1094. It became obvious that it was necessary to modify regularly the composition of the vaccine, and that it was necessary to use vaccine strains selected ...
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Flu Vaccines Have Prevented Millions Of Deaths Our Research Proves It
Different combinations of these give rise to the influenza A virus subtypes, including the H1N1, H2N2 and H3N2 subtypes that ...
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Evolution of 1918 Flu Virus Traced from Century-Old Samples
The researchers also suggest that the seasonal H1N1 flu virus that began circulating after the 1918 pandemic ended (and continued to circulate until supplanted by the 1957 H2N2 pandemic flu) is the ...
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Seasonal Flu Shot: First Defense Against an Eventful Avian Influenza Pandemic
and A(H2N2) clade 1 viruses. 1968-1977 (group 2 [G2]; n = 49; mean age, 48.4 years); likely primed by A(H3N2) subtype clade 2 virus. 1978-1997 (group 3 [G3]; n = 40; mean age, 35.1 years), likely ...