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Antibodies protect against wide range of influenza B virus strains

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Pieces of four antibodies (turquoise) attach to a protein from influenza B virus (gray) in the colorized cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction. 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.