Researchers identify antibodies that protect against wide range of influenza B virus strains


By Xu Jing
  • World
  • Friday, 25 Sep 2020

CHICAGO, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified two antibodies that protect mice against lethal infections of influenza B virus.

The researchers obtained consent to take blood samples from a patient hospitalized with influenza B virus infection. They separated out antibody-producing cells from the patient's blood.

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