MicrobiologybioRxiv
Incomplete influenza A virus genomes are abundant but readily complemented during spatially structured viral spread
N. T. Jacobs, N. O. Onuoha, A. Antia…·A. C. Lowen
The paper quantifies incomplete influenza A virus genomes (IVGs) and shows they require complementation for replication, but spatial structure facilitates this process, supporting viral spread but not transmission.
DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-11428-x