Antigenic cartography is a powerful method that allows for the calculation of antigenic distances between influenza viruses or sera and their positioning on a map, by quantifying raw data from hemagglutination inhibition assays. As a consequence, the antigenic drift of influenza viruses over time can be visualized in a straightforward manner. Antigenic cartography is not only useful in the research of influenza virus evolution but also in the surveillance of influenza viruses. Most importantly, antigenic cartography plays a very important role in vaccine updating decisions, since by calculating the antigenic distances between a vaccine strain and circulating strains, an informed decision can be made on whether the distances are large enough to warrant a vaccine update or not. Recent improvements in antigenic cartography calculations have significantly improved its accuracy.
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Sitaras, I. (2020). Antigenic cartography: Overview and current developments. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 2123, pp. 61–68). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0346-8_5
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