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Decreased neuraminidase activity is important for the adaptation of H5N1 influenza virus to human airway epithelium.
Journal of virology - 1 May 2012
Ilyushina Natalia A, Bovin Nicolai V, Webster Robert G
Abstract excerpt
Highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza viruses remain a pandemic threat. Antiviral drugs such as neuraminidase (NA) inhibitors will be crucial for disease control in the event of a pandemic. Should drug-resistant H5N1 viruses develop, all defense strategies will be compromised. To determine the likelihood and mechanisms of emergence of NA inhibitor-resistant H5N1 variants in humans, we serially passaged two H5N1...
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