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Immunological imprinting and risks of influenza B virus infection

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Immunological imprinting early in life has been proposed to influence the risk of infection by influenza viruses later on — but hard evidence for this has been lacking. A new study now shows how this can occur for influenza B viruses.

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Fig. 1: Circulation history of Influenza viruses and their imprinting patterns.

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    Isaac C. L. Chow & Sook-San Wong

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Chow, I.C.L., Wong, SS. Immunological imprinting and risks of influenza B virus infection. Nat Immunol 25, 1319–1321 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-024-01906-w

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