Glycan receptor specificity as a useful tool for characterization and surveillance of influenza A virus

Influenza A viruses are rapidly evolving pathogens with the potential for novel strains to emerge and result in pandemic outbreaks in humans. Some avian-adapted subtypes have acquired the ability to bind to human glycan receptors and cause severe infections in humans but have yet to adapt to and tra...

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Main Authors: Raman, Rahul (Contributor), Tharakaraman, Kannan (Contributor), Jayaraman, Akila (Contributor), Sasisekharan, Ram (Contributor), Shriver, Zachary H. (Contributor), Sasisekharan, Viswanathan (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Engineering (Contributor), Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2015-11-16T12:48:37Z.
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