Poor human-to-human transmission of influenza A H5N1 virus has been attributed to the paucity of putative sialic acid α2-3 virus receptors in the epithelium of the human upper respiratory tract, and thus to the presumed inability of the virus to replicate efficiently at this site. We now demonstrate that ex vivo cultures of human nasopharyngeal, adenoid and tonsillar tissues can be infected with H5N1 viruses in spite of an apparent lack of these receptors.
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Univ Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
Peking Union Med Coll, Inst Mat Med, Beijing 100050, Peoples R China
Chinese Acad Med Sci, Beijing 100050, Peoples R ChinaUniv Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
Guo, Ying
Rumschlag-Booms, Emily
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Univ Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USAUniv Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
Rumschlag-Booms, Emily
Wang, Jizhen
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Univ Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USAUniv Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
Wang, Jizhen
Xiao, Haixia
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Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Microbiol, Beijing 100080, Peoples R ChinaUniv Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
Xiao, Haixia
Yu, Jia
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Nankai Univ, Coll Life Sci, Tianjin 300071, Peoples R ChinaUniv Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
Yu, Jia
Wang, Jianwei
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Chinese Acad Med Sci, State Key Lab Mol Virol & Genet Engn, Inst Pathogen Biol, Beijing 100730, Peoples R ChinaUniv Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
Wang, Jianwei
Guo, Li
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Chinese Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Natl Inst Viral Dis & Control & Prevent, Beijing 100052, Peoples R ChinaUniv Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
Guo, Li
Gao, George F.
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Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Microbiol, Beijing 100080, Peoples R ChinaUniv Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
Gao, George F.
Cao, Youjia
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Nankai Univ, Coll Life Sci, Tianjin 300071, Peoples R ChinaUniv Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
Cao, Youjia
Caffrey, Michael
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Univ Illinois, Dept Biochem & Mol Genet, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60607 USAUniv Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
Caffrey, Michael
Rong, Lijun
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Univ Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USAUniv Illinois, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Coll Med, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
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Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Minist Agr, Anim Influenza Lab, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Harbin Vet Res Inst, Natl Key Lab Vet Biotechnol, Harbin 150001, Peoples R ChinaChinese Acad Agr Sci, Minist Agr, Anim Influenza Lab, Harbin 150001, Peoples R China
Chen HuaLan
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