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Genome Flu Genetic Shift Antigenic Epidemic Pandemics Process

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Genetic shift/
antigenic shift

Causes epidemic or pandemics?
by what process does the genome change?
example?
mnemonic to tell between drift?(which is more severe
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Causes pandemics. Reassortment of viral
genome segments, such as when segments of
human flu A virus reassort with swine flu A
virus.

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