An integrative perspective on influenza virus host interactions
Introduction of influenza virus The epidemiologically important influenza viruses are negative-sense, enveloped, single-stranded RNA viruses that belong to the family Orthomyxoviridae (Palese & Shaw, 2006). These viruses infect about 5 to 15% of the world’s population annually, and they cause occasional pandemics with high rates of infection and death (WHO, 2003; Subbarao et al., 2006). […]