Influenza A virus: history of reassortment
Genetic sequences collected between 1918 and 2005 indicate that reassortment happens frequently in the evolutionary history of the Influenza A virus, including in the emergence of epidemic viruses.
Published: 2008
Author(s): Martha I. Nelson, Cécile Viboud, Lone Simonsen, Ryan T. Bennett, Sara B. Griesemer, Kirsten St. George, Jill Taylor4, David J. Spiro, Naomi A. Sengamalay, Elodie Ghedin, Jeffery K. Taubenberger, & Edward C. Holmes
Title: Multiple Reassortment Events in the Evolutionary History of H1N1 Influenza A Virus Since 1918
Journal: PLoS Pathogens 4(2): e1000012
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000012
