Subtype-specific neutralizing antibodies promote antigenic shift during influenza virus co-infection
Mengnan Liu, Xiaoran Gao, Xueyang Li, Jinyang Hao, Christine M. Light, Yu Tian, Siqin Wang, Wenyu Yan, Rong Hai, Wei Hu, Guojun Wang
This study shows that strain-specific neutralizing antibodies promote antigenic shift during influenza virus co-infection, while broadly reactive antibodies do not.
Virulence · Jul 22, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology