How to Use neuraminidase in a Sentence

neuraminidase

noun

• All three are in a class called neuraminidase inhibitors.
  — NBC News, 26 June 2018
• Different types of neuraminidase---the N's---govern how the virus spreads through a host.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2013
• The subtyping of the neuraminidase — the N in the virus’ name — is still underway, but the presumption is that the birds and the man were infected with H5N1 viruses.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 4 May 2022
• The flu virus normally infects cells in the lungs by binding through its haemagglutinin and neuraminidase proteins to sialic acid on the surface of lung cells.
  — Neil Savage, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2019
• These drugs inhibit neuraminidase, an enzyme that allows viruses to escape from one cell and spread to others.
  — Neil Savage, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2019
• Two viruses may have the same broad hemagglutinin and neuraminidase subtypes, but have subtle differences throughout their genome.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• The enclosing fatty envelope (green) contains two types of protein, haemagglutinin and neuraminidase (the 'H' and 'N' in the strain's codename), the levels of which determine the strain of virus.
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 28 Mar. 2018
• As for treatment of avian influenza viruses, the CDC recommends what's known as a neuraminidase inhibitor—like oseltamivir, peramivir, and zanamivir—a type of antiviral drug that can block reproduction of the virus.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 1 June 2021
• There is a group of antivirals called the neuraminidase inhibitors that are effective in treating flu, especially if treatment starts early, within two days of onset.
  — Arnold Monto, Philly.com, 24 Jan. 2018
• Scientists classify type A viruses into subtypes based on the combinations of the two molecules that cover the surface of the virus, hemagglutinin and neuraminidase.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2017
• With 18 hemagglutinin varieties and 11 types of neuraminidase — most carried by birds — there are lots of potential combinations.
  — Time, 19 Jan. 2018
• They are classified by numbers based on the subtype of haemagglutinin (H) protein and a second viral protein known as neuraminidase (N), with even greater strain variation observed among those subtypes.
  — Michael Eisenstein, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2019
• There are only two other classes of flu drugs, neuraminidase inhibitors (drugs like Tamiflu, Relenza, Rapivab) and the adamantane drugs (amantadine and rimantadine).
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 June 2018
• Virologists classify these viruses into subtypes based on two proteins on their surface, haemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N).
  — Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2019
• Immune responses to targets other than HA's head, including HA's stem and a second viral surface protein, neuraminidase, receive scant attention.
  — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 20 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 6 Aug 2024