{"id":50279,"date":"2024-05-14T13:39:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/cows-might-host-both-human-and-bird-flus\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T13:39:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:39:45","slug":"cows-might-host-both-human-and-bird-flus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/cows-might-host-both-human-and-bird-flus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cows might host both human and bird flus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cows have entry portals for both human and bird flus. This new finding may mean that cattle could host both types of flus at once. The two viruses could then swap parts to create a new type of influenza, maybe even one that could cause a pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cattle have three types of influenza A receptors<\/a> \u2014 entry portals viruses use to infect host cells \u2014 veterinarian Charlotte Kristensen and colleagues report May 3 at bioRxiv.org. One portal is like a receptor that decorates human cells. Another is like that found in chickens. And the third resembles receptors from ducks.<\/p>\n\n\n