Seasonal influenza vaccine strain selection by quantifying viral fitness
Luyao Qin, Mengyi Zhang, Xiaoyuan Liu, Xiao Ding, Qianqian Li, Lei Yang, Yifan Qi, Jingze Liu, Hangyu Zhou, Zhiming Li, Wenping Xie, Zichen Li, Yun Ma, Jingqi Yang, Haoyang Wang, , Aiping Wu
This paper develops FutureFlu, a framework to predict influenza vaccine strains by quantifying viral fitness, showing improved accuracy compared to current methods.
bioRxiv · Sep 17, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology