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ArticleScientific reports2019

Predicting Antigenicity of Influenza A Viruses Using biophysical ideas.

Abdoelnaser M Degoot, Emmanuel S Adabor, Faraimunashe Chirove, Wilfred Ndifon

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdoelnaser M DegootResearch Department, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Next Einstein Initiative, Kigali, Rwanda. degoot@aims.ac.za.
Emmanuel S AdaborResearch Centre, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town, 7945, South Africa.
Faraimunashe ChiroveUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Pietermaritzburg, 3209, South Africa.
Wilfred NdifonResearch Department, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Next Einstein Initiative, Kigali, Rwanda. Wndifon@aims.ac.za.
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences · RWAfrican Institute for Mathematical Sciences · ZAUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antigenic variations of influenza A viruses are induced by genomic mutation in their trans-membrane protein HA1, eliciting viral escape from neutralization by antibodies generated in prior infections or vaccinations. Prediction of antigenic relationships among influenza viruses is useful for designing (or updating the existing) influenza vaccines, provides important insights into the evolutionary mechanisms underpinning viral antigenic variations, and helps to understand viral epidemiology. In this study, we present a simple and physically interpretable model that can predict antigenic relationships among influenza A viruses, based on biophysical ideas, using both genomic amino acid sequences and experimental antigenic data. We demonstrate the applicability of the model using a benchmark dataset of four subtypes of influenza A (H1N1, H3N2, H5N1, and H9N2) viruses and report on its performance profiles. Additionally, analysis of the model's parameters confirms several observations that are consistent with the findings of other previous studies, for which we provide plausible explanations.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAntigenic VariationAntigens, ViralComputational BiologyHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusHumansInfluenza A virusInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesModels, TheoreticalAntigens, ViralHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza Vaccines

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PMID31308446
PMCPMC6629677
OpenAlexW2962149295

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