학술논문
Lineage-specific protection and immune imprinting shape the age distributions of influenza B cases
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
Abstract
The earliest infections with influenza A shape the immune responses to future infections, but it is not known if this phenomenon applies to influenza B. Here, the authors use influenza B case data from New Zealand and find evidence for both lineage-specific and imprinting protection.