Talk:Antigenic drift

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Should "DNA" be RNA since it's an RNA based virus

Yes. Influenza is an RNA, negative sense virus. The change has been made, along with a number of other modifications to make this entry more accurate. It could use a bit more work still. Revere.

[edit] Antigenetic shift

The article contradicts itself:

"Antigenic drift is distinct from antigenic shift, which is a faster mode of genetic change in viruses."

and

"Antigenic drift is not the same as antigenic shift, ..."

but

"While a mutation might be minor (and would then be called an antigenic shift), ..."

which implies that a minor antigenic drift is an antigenic shift. -Pgan002 23:51, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Removing parethesized statement until someone with more knowledge clears this up. --Paradoxian 15:26, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
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