|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
Application
|
|
|
|
Antigenic shift v. drift in avian and mammalian Sino-influenza type A viruses.
|
||||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
Undergraduate Science Students and Instructors |
||||||
|
Each year the world community is concerned with potential effects of a new strain of influenza virus. Studying the evolution of such strains has become an essential tool with regard to synthesizing the appropriate vaccine to be distributed worldwide. This module aims to examine relationships between avian and mammalian strains, and the potential evolution of novel human strains. This exercise familiarizes students with the role of viral hemagglutinin diversity in pathology. The creation of new viral strains also challenges students' traditional view of evolution, antigenic drift, versus the mixing of viral genes that occurs during antigenic shift. |
||||||
|
ClustalW NCBI Entrez |
||||||
|
|
||||||
