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SUBMITTER: Eriksson P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6482220 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eriksson Per P Lindskog Cecilia C Lorente-Leal Victor V Waldenström Jonas J González-Acuna Daniel D Järhult Josef D JD Lundkvist Åke Å Olsen Björn B Jourdain Elsa E Ellström Patrik P
Frontiers in microbiology 20190418
Avian influenza A viruses (AIVs) have a broad host range, but are most intimately associated with waterfowl (Anseriformes) and, in the case of the H13 and H16 subtypes, gulls (Charadriiformes). Host associations are multifactorial, but a key factor is the ability of the virus to bind host cell receptors and thereby initiate infection. The current study aims at investigating the tissue attachment pattern of a panel of AIVs, comprising H3N2, H6N1, H12N5, and H16N3, to avian trachea and colon tissu ...[more]