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Differential Cross-Protective Immunity is Elicited by Infection with Contemporary Influenza B Lineage Viruses
Caroline Katherine Page, Justin D. Shepard, Sean D. Ray…·Stephen Mark Tompkins
This study shows that contemporary Influenza B Victoria viruses provide cross-protection against Yamagata viruses, while Yamagata viruses do not offer similar protection, suggesting neuraminidase antibodies may be key to this asymmetry.
DOI 10.1101/2024.04.15.589536