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Explaining how the virus can mutate, Tudor said: "The mutation, or antigenic shift, would occur in a cell when it is infected with two different strains of the H1N1 virus," says Tudor.
The mixed-up virus was created via a process called antigenic shift (see Nuts & Bolts, p.
This strategy, known as antigenic shift, works well as a long-term survival tactic: immunologically, a new virus subtype starts from scratch and is guaranteed a very large population of susceptible hosts.
 
 
 
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