A study published in PLOS PATHOGENS describes the prevalence and functions of mutations in neuraminidase enzyme of avian H5N1 influenza viruses that are preferentially selected in human H5N1 influenza ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 87, No. 2 (1990), pp. 786-790 (5 pages) The hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) external glycoprotein ...

Unlike living organisms, to avoid extinction, viruses need to hijack living host machineries to generate new viruses. The devastating respiratory virus, influenza A virus, utilize its hemagglutinin ...

Computer generated 3D model, showing a cross-section of the green RNP spirals, blue hemagglutinin, red neuraminidase, and purple m2 ion channels that constitute the structure of the Influenza A Virus ...

This patient presented initially with an influenza-like illness (ILI) followed by prolonged fever and development of respiratory distress. A chest radiograph confirmed the presence of pneumonia with ...

On Christmas Day last year, a 68-year-old woman in southern China came down with the flu. A week later she was hospitalized. The woman eventually recovered, but she spent three weeks in the hospital.

The rise of influenza strains resistant to current flu treatments has drug developers looking for new leads. Hope could come from a new family of inhibitors that may effectively block the flu virus ...