European H16N3 gull influenza virus attaches to the human respiratory tract and eye.

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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Main Authors: Cecilia Lindskog, Patrik Ellström, Björn Olsen, Fredrik Pontén, Debby van Riel, Vincent J Munster, Daniel González-Acuña, Thijs Kuiken, Elsa Jourdain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3620227?pdf=render

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