Influenza A viruses (IAVs) are major pathogens. The genetic reassortment between two or more IAVs is an important but ill-defined and unpredictable mechanism for the emergence of pandemic IAVs. The goal is to develop a system to be able analyze the reassortment event in a comprehensive manner. This will help to better understand the rules underlying genetic reassortment of IAVs, to complement the existing pandemic risk assessment tools with predictions of the likelihood of emergence of reassortant IAVs of a given genotype, and to have efficient CVVs produced ahead of time.
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