Antigenic drift
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Antigenic drift
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Antigenic drift is a kind of genetic variation in viruses, arising from the accumulation of mutations in the virus genes that code for virus-surface proteins that host antibodies recognize. This results in a new strain of virus particles that is not effectively inhibited by the antibodies that prevented infection by previous strains. This makes it easier for the changed virus to spread throughout a partially immune population. Antigenic drift occurs in both influenza A and influenza B viruses. T
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Genetic variation in viruses of mutations in virus genes that code virus proteins
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigenic_drift
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2023-10-19T17:50:21Z
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