Antigenic shift is a radical change in influenza virus surface antigens, caused by reassortment of its segmented genome with that of another influenza virus.
El cambio antigénico es un cambio radical en los antígenos de superficie del virus de la gripe, causado por la reordenación de su genoma segmentado con el de otro virus de la gripe.
| Front | A radical change in the surface antigens of influenza virus, caused by reassortment of their segmented genome with that of another influenza virus, often from an animal |
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| Back | antigenic shift |
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