thesis
Immunity to Influenza and Future Vaccination Strategies
- Publication date
- 18 March 2011
- Publisher
- Influenza viruses are very small pathogens (typically 80-120 nm) belonging to the family of the
Orthomyxoviridae together with four other genera: Thogoto virus, Isavirus and influenza B and C
viruses. The influenza viruses are distinguished based on the membrane channel protein, genome
size and surface glycoproteins. The influenza A viruses are further subdivided into subtypes based
on the surface glycoproteins hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA). At present, 16
subtypes of the HA and 9 subtypes of the NA are known.