Mortality of H5N1 human infections might be due to H5N1 virus pneumonia and could decrease by switching receptor

Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Sep;24(9):e544-e545. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00460-2. Epub 2024 Jul 24.

Authors

Guido Granata¹, Lone Simonsen², Nicola Petrosillo³, Eskild Petersen²

Affiliations

¹ Systemic and Immune Depression-Associated Infection Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: guido.granata@inmi.it.
² PandemiX Center of Excellence, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.
³ Infection Prevention & Control Infectious Disease Service, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 39067462
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00460-2

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype*
Influenza, Human*
Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
Receptors, Virus / metabolism

Substances

Receptors, Virus