Recombination of genomic material, especially as it occurs naturally in related viruses.
reassortment also might occur in a person simultaneously infected by both types of flu
Example sentencesExamples
If that changes with a mutation or a recombination or reassortment of one virus to the other, that could change everything.
With the 1968 influenza virus, a similar reassortment of genes occurred.
From 1998 to 2001 the virus went through multiple reassortments and moved back to domestic birds, spreading almost unnoticed in Chinese chicken flocks.
No evidence of genetic reassortment between avian and human influenza viruses has been identified.
Of the ones they examined, they don't see any reassortment with human viruses yet.
Definition of reassortment in US English:
reassortment
nounˌrēəˈsôrtmənt
Genetics
Recombination of genomic material, especially as it occurs naturally in related viruses.
reassortment also might occur in a person simultaneously infected by both types of flu
Example sentencesExamples
With the 1968 influenza virus, a similar reassortment of genes occurred.
If that changes with a mutation or a recombination or reassortment of one virus to the other, that could change everything.
From 1998 to 2001 the virus went through multiple reassortments and moved back to domestic birds, spreading almost unnoticed in Chinese chicken flocks.
No evidence of genetic reassortment between avian and human influenza viruses has been identified.
Of the ones they examined, they don't see any reassortment with human viruses yet.