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Bird Flu
Reports from Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences advance knowledge in bird flu
August 14th, 2007
Research findings, "The quail and chicken intestine have sialyl-galactose sugar chains responsible for the binding of influenza A viruses to human type receptors," are discussed in a new report. "The receptor specificity of influenza viruses is one factor that allows avian influenza viruses to cross the species barrier. The recent transmissions of avian H5N1 and H9N2 influenza viruses from chickens and/or quails to humans indicate that avian influenza viruses can directly infect humans without an intermediate host, such as pigs," researchers in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China report. "In this study, we used two strains of influenza A virus (A/PR/8/34, which...
Source: Virus Weekly (2007-08-14)
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