Your dog has flu caused by an H3N8 strain.Assume that you breathe in this strain,after you have already come in contact with an H1N1 strain.Both viruses go into the cells of your upper respiratory tract.During the viral replication cycle inside of your epithelial cells,genetic information for hemagglutinin antigen and for neuraminidase antigen are recombined.Your cells end up producing a new variant---H3N1.Predict what might happen as a result of this set of events.

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The recombination of genetic information from two different strains of influenza viruses can lead to the emergence of novel strains that the human population may not have immunity against. In this scenario, the new H3N1 variant has genetic information for hemagglutinin antigen and neuraminidase antigen from both the H3N8 dog flu strain and the H1N1 human flu strain. This could potentially result in a more virulent virus that could spread through the human population without much resistance. Therefore, option C is the best choice.

Your Dog Has Flu Caused by an H3N8 Strain