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Pneumonia
Studies from H. Zhang et al add new findings in the area of pneumonia
August 26th, 2008
"Sialidase fusion protein is reported to have great potential to combat seasonal and pandemic influenza, because it may prevent influenza virus infection by removing all sialic acid receptors from host cells," researchers in the United States report. "Meanwhile, recent studies have demonstrated that absence of alpha 2-6 sialic acid does not protect a cell from influenza infection, and influenza virus can infect desialylated cells, suggesting that accessible surface sialic acid is dispensable for influenza virus infection. In addition, studies using animal models have shown that neuraminidase promotes adherence and invasion of Streptococcus pneumoniae, because cleavage...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-26)
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