Viruses From Animal and Plants - Medical Science

Q1:

Influenza virus undergoes antigenic shift resulting in major antigenic changes by which of the following mechanisms?

A Somatic recombination of heavy and light chains

B Expression of several different capsule types

C Changing the receptor binding canyon that docks with the host receptor

D Reassortment of RNA segments from different influenza viruses

ANS:D - Reassortment of RNA segments from different influenza viruses

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