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Influenza A virus induced bacterial otitis media is independent of virus tropism for α2,6-linked sialic acid
BACKGROUND: Otitis media (OM) affects ≥80% of children before the age of three. OM can arise following co-infection with influenza A virus (IAV) and the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. We have previously shown that H3 IAV strains (such as Udorn/72) induced a higher rate of bacterial OM than H1 s...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655017/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23617940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-10-128 |