Influenza virus receptor specificity: disease and transmission

Am J Pathol. 2010 Apr;176(4):1584-5. doi: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.100066. Epub 2010 Mar 4.

Abstract

This Commentary discusses the role of influenza virus specificity in viral transmission.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Hemagglutinins / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Influenza in Birds / metabolism
  • Influenza, Human / metabolism
  • Influenza, Human / transmission*
  • Influenza, Human / virology*
  • Orthomyxoviridae / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • Sialic Acids / metabolism

Substances

  • Hemagglutinins
  • Sialic Acids