Co-dominant neutralizing epitopes make anti-measles immunity resistant to viral evolution.
editorial · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 33948584.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100257 and PMC identifier 8080248.
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Abstract
Munoz-Alia and colleagues<sup>1</sup> demonstrate that neutralizing antibody immunity to measles resists viral evolutionary escape because it targets numerous distinct viral epitopes. Their work contributes to our understanding of what determines whether a virus can evolve to evade immunity.
Medical subject headings
- Antibodies, Neutralizing
- Measles