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References & Sources - August 22, 1998

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Odd flu strain reveals its bag of tricks

Alterations in one of its proteins allows an influenza virus to infect more kinds of cells.

References:

Goto, H., and Y. Kawaoka. 1998. A novel mechanism for the acquisition of virulence by a human influenza A virus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95(Aug. 17):10224.

Taubenberger, J.K. 1998. Influenza virus hemagglutinin cleavage into HA₁, HA₂: No laughing matter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95(Aug. 17):9713.

Further Readings:

Sternberg, S. 1997. A doughboy’s lungs yield 1918 flu virus. Science News 151(March 22):172.

Sources:

Hideo Goto
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Department of Pathobiological Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
2015 Linden Drive West
Madison, WI 53706

Yoshihiro Kawaoka
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Department of Pathobiological Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
2015 Linden Drive West
Madison, WI 53706

Jeffrey K. Taubenberger
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Department of Cellular Pathology
Division of Molecular Pathology
Washington, DC 20306-6000

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