Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N6 viruses exhibit enhanced affinity for human type sialic acid receptor and in-contact transmission in model ferrets

Since May 2014, highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N6 virus has been reported to cause six severe human infections three of which were fatal. The biological properties of this subtype, in particular its relative pathogenicity and transmissibility in mammals, are not known. We characterized the viru...

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Main Authors: Sun, Honglei, Pu, Juan, Wei, Yandi, Sun, Yipeng, Hu, Jiao, Liu, Litao, Xu, Guanlong, Gao, Weihua, Li, Chong, Zhang, Xuxiao, Huang, Yinhua, Chang, Kin-Chow, Liu, Xiufan, Liu, Jinhua
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Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38539/

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