Evolution and rapid spread of a reassortant A(H3N2) virus that predominated the 2017-2018 influenza season
Barney I. Potter, Rebecca J Garten Kondor, James Hadfield, John Huddleston, John Barnes, Thomas Rowe, Lizheng Guo, Xiyan Xu, Richard A. Neher, Trevor Bedford, David E. Wentworth
The paper identifies a reassortant A(H3N2) virus, A2/re, which became dominant in the 2017-2018 influenza season despite lacking HA mutations and showing no antigenic difference from previous strains.
Virus Evolution · Jul 1, 2019Peer-reviewedGenomics