In the case of flu, the receptor contains sialic acid molecules. However, there are various types of virus receptors. The HA of avian influenza viruses binds to "avian-type" receptors containing ...

Recent studies of the 1918 influenza virus shed light ... protein that switched the virus' receptor binding preference from human α-2,6 sialic acid to avian α-2,3 sialic acid prevented ...

To maintain vaccine efficacy, WHO regularly updates influenza vaccine strains based on global epidemiological, virological, ...

Hospitalized parainfluenza and influenza infections in particular ... epithelial cells by attaching to sialic acid (SA) on host cell-surface receptors. A first-in-class recombinant fusion protein ...

Bird flu, also called H5N1 avian influenza, is a flu virus ... something to do with the location and density of receptors called sialic acid receptors in their respiratory tract and elsewhere.