Sentence examples for pandemic viruses from inspiring English sources

All the pandemic viruses of the last century — the 1918, 1957 and 1968 flus — had a mutation in the gene coding for a protein known as PB1-F2 that is thought to make a virus more lethal.

"If my hypothesis is correct," he said, "the pandemic viruses of tomorrow and of remote yesterdays may already exist in our domestic animals today".

All tested A/H1N1 pandemic viruses were sensitive to zanamivir.

Two later pandemic viruses in 1957 and 1968 arose in this region.

Currently, pandemic viruses seem to have replaced seasonal viruses almost completely in Japan.

Pandemic influenza represents an even greater threat, with numerous potentially pandemic viruses circulating in nature.

We employed this vector platform to express hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) genes from 2009 H1N1 pandemic viruses.

Wilson's group crystallized the 1918 and 2009 pandemic viruses and showed that the HA heads had distinctly similar shapes.

High-affinity human scFv antibodies against a conserved epitope can potentially provide immunity to diverse viruses and protect against future pandemic viruses.

Experimental triple-HA VLPs containing HA proteins derived from H5N1, H7N2, and H2N3 viruses were immunogenic and protected ferrets from challenge from all three potentially pandemic viruses.

Earlier detection of novel pandemic viruses once they have emerged in humans would provide longer lead times for vaccine development and is crucially important.