Sialic acid tissue distribution and influenza virus tropism

Abstract  Avian influenza A viruses exhibit a strong preference for using α2,3‐linked sialic acid as a receptor. Until recently, the presumed lack of this receptor in human airways was believed to constitute an efficient barrier to avian influenza A virus infection of humans. Recent zoonotic outbrea...

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Published in:Influenza Other Respir Viruses
Main Authors: Kumlin, Urban, Olofsson, Sigvard, Dimock, Ken, Arnberg, Niklas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4941897/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19453419
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-2659.2008.00051.x
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