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SUBMITTER: Potter BI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6891002 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Potter Barney I BI Kondor Rebecca R Hadfield James J Huddleston John J Barnes John J Rowe Thomas T Guo Lizheng L Xu Xiyan X Neher Richard A RA Bedford Trevor T Wentworth David E DE
Virus evolution 20190701 2
The 2017-2018 North American influenza season caused more hospitalizations and deaths than any year since the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. The majority of recorded influenza infections were caused by A(H3N2) viruses, with most of the virus's North American diversity falling into the A2 clade. Within A2, we observe a subclade which we call A2/re that rose to comprise almost 70 per cent of A(H3N2) viruses circulating in North America by early 2018. Unlike most fast-growing clades, however, A2/re contains n ...[more]