Detailed Study of Flu Genome May Help Efforts to Detect Potential Pandemic

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis say they have  identified features of the influenza virus genome that affect how well the virus multiplies. The team believes its findings (" Nucleotide Resolution Mapping of Influenza A Virus Nucleoprotein–RNA Interactions Reveals RNA Features Required for Replication ”), published in Nature Communications , could help improve surveillance to detect a potential pandemic.The features that were identified ar