Antigenic drift expands viral escape pathways from imprinted host humoral immunity
D. P. Maurer, M. Vu, A. G. Schmidt
The paper assesses viral escape from imprinted broad antibody responses using deep mutational scanning of clonal antibody lineages against influenza HA epitopes, showing escape is possible through epistatic networks in drifted strains.
bioRxiv · Mar 20, 2024 · PreprintImmunology