Pre-Existing Immunity to Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin Stalk Might Drive Selection for Antibody-Escape Mutant Viruses in a Human Challenge Model

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Researchers showed that immune pressure on the hemagglutinin (HA) stalk could lead to expansion of escape mutant viruses in study participants challenged with a 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza virus inoculum containing an A388V polymorphism in the HA stalk
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Park, J.-K., Xiao, Y., Ramuta, M. D., Rosas, L. A., Fong, S., Matthews, A. M., … Taubenberger, J. K. (2020). Pre-existing immunity to influenza virus hemagglutinin stalk might drive selection for antibody-escape mutant viruses in a human challenge model. Nature Medicine, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0937-x Cite
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