Viral evolution: Every flu evolves in the same way

Irene Vacca

Index: 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.83

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Abstract

Influenza viruses, similarly to other viruses, rapidly acquire de novo mutations when they replicate within their host cells.However, how the emergence of viral variants in the host is reflected at a global scale is still poorly understood. In a new study, Xue et al