Shaomin Yan1, Guang Wu. 1. National Engineering Research Center for Non-food Biorefinery, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530007, Guangxi, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine if global warming has an impact on the evolution of hemagglutinins from influenza A viruses, because both global warming and influenza pandemics/epidemics threaten the world. METHODS: 4 706 hemagglutinins from influenza A viruses sampled from 1956 to 2009 were converted to a time-series to show their evolutionary process and compared with the global, northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere temperatures, to determine if their trends run in similar or opposite directions. Point-to-point comparisons between temperature and quantified hemagglutinins were performed for all species and for the major prevailing species. RESULTS: The comparisons show that the trends for both hemagglutinin evolution and temperature change run in a similar direction. CONCLUSION: Global warming has a consistent and progressive impact on the hemagglutinin evolution of influenza A viruses.
OBJECTIVE: To determine if global warming has an impact on the evolution of hemagglutinins from influenza A viruses, because both global warming and influenza pandemics/epidemics threaten the world. METHODS: 4 706 hemagglutinins from influenza A viruses sampled from 1956 to 2009 were converted to a time-series to show their evolutionary process and compared with the global, northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere temperatures, to determine if their trends run in similar or opposite directions. Point-to-point comparisons between temperature and quantified hemagglutinins were performed for all species and for the major prevailing species. RESULTS: The comparisons show that the trends for both hemagglutinin evolution and temperature change run in a similar direction. CONCLUSION: Global warming has a consistent and progressive impact on the hemagglutinin evolution of influenza A viruses.
Authors: P Stenvinkel; J Painer; P G Shiels; A Bansal; S Fereidouni; B Natterson-Horowitz; R J Johnson; J J Miranda Journal: J Intern Med Date: 2020-07-02 Impact factor: 13.068