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Antigenic Drift Differs from Antigenic Shift in That Antigenic Drift

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Antigenic drift differs from antigenic shift in that antigenic drift reflects the exchange of RNA strands between different virus strains within a common host cell,whereas antigenic shift is the gradual mutation over time of the glycoproteins on the viral envelope that bind to immune cells.

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