A Schematic of the Influenza Virus Surface (IMAGE)

University of Chicago Medical Center

A Schematic of the Influenza Virus Surface

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Blue tetramers are the neuraminidase glycoprotein and the brown trimers are the hemagglutinin glycoprotein. Neuraminidase has long stood in the shadow of hemagglutinin, the major target of current influenza vaccine platforms. Neuraminidase should be included as a vaccine target.

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The Wilson lab, University of Chicago Medicine

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