European H16N3 Gull Influenza Virus Attaches to the Human Respiratory Tract and Eye

We explored the attachment of an H16N3 influenza virus to human, mallard, and gull tissues using virus histochemistry applied to tissue microarrays and employing human and mallard viruses as references. Of the viruses tested, the H16N3 gull virus most readily attached to the human respiratory tract...

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Autores principales: Lindskog, Cecilia, Ellström, Patrik, Olsen, Björn, Pontén, Fredrik, van Riel, Debby, Munster, Vincent J., González-Acuña, Daniel, Kuiken, Thijs, Jourdain, Elsa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3620227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23593303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060757
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Sumario:We explored the attachment of an H16N3 influenza virus to human, mallard, and gull tissues using virus histochemistry applied to tissue microarrays and employing human and mallard viruses as references. Of the viruses tested, the H16N3 gull virus most readily attached to the human respiratory tract and eye. These results underscore the need to assess the potential for gull influenza viruses to replicate in human tissues and further investigate the role of gulls in influenza virus ecology.

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