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The Ecology and Evolution of Influenza Viruses

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2019 Dec 23. pii: a038489. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a038489. [Epub ahead of print] [h=1]The Ecology and Evolution of Influenza Viruses.[/h]
Wille M[SUP]1[/SUP], Holmes EC[SUP]2[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne 3000, Australia. 2 Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Charles Perkins Centre, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia.

[h=3]Abstract[/h] The patterns and processes of influenza virus evolution are of fundamental importance, underpinning such traits as the propensity to emerge in new host species and the ability to rapidly generate antigenic variation. Herein, we review key aspects of the ecology and evolution of influenza viruses. We begin with an exploration of the origins of influenza viruses within the orthomyxoviruses, showing how our perception of the evolutionary history of these viruses has been transformed with metagenomic sequencing. We then outline the diversity of virus subtypes in different species and the processes by which these viruses have emerged in new hosts, with a particular focus on the role played by segment reassortment. We then turn our attention to documenting the spread and phylodynamics of seasonal influenza A and B viruses in human populations, including the drivers of antigenic evolution, and finish with a discussion of virus diversity and evolution at the scale of individual hosts.
Copyright ? 2019 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; all rights reserved.


PMID: 31871237 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a038489
 
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