Playing Hide and Seek: How Glycosylation of the Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin Can Modulate the Immune Response to Infection

Michelle D Tate; Emma R Job; Yi-Mo Deng; Vithiagaran Gunalan; Sebastian Maurer-Stroh; Patrick C Reading

Journal article

Playing Hide and Seek: How Glycosylation of the Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin Can Modulate the Immune Response to Infection

Michelle D Tate, Emma R Job, Yi-Mo Deng, Vithiagaran Gunalan, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Patrick C Reading

Viruses | MDPI | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.3390/v6031294

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Patrick Reading Author Microbiology and Immunology

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by research grants 1032079 and 1027545 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia, as well as the Operational Infrastructure Support Program by the Victorian Government of Australia. M. D. T. is a recipient of a NHMRC Early Career Fellowship. The Melbourne WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza is supported by the Australian Government Department of Health.