| avian and human influenza virus compatible sialic acid receptors in little brown bats. | influenza a viruses (iavs) continue to threaten animal and human health globally. bats are asymptomatic reservoirs for many zoonotic viruses. recent reports of two novel iavs in fruit bats and serological evidence of avian influenza virus (aiv) h9 infection in frugivorous bats raise questions about the role of bats in iav epidemiology. iavs bind to sialic acid (sa) receptors on host cells, and it is widely believed that hosts expressing both sa α2,3-gal and sa α2,6-gal receptors could facilitate ... | 2017 | 28386114 |