How to Use neuraminidase in a Sentence
neuraminidase
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All three are in a class called neuraminidase inhibitors.
—NBC News, 26 June 2018
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Different types of neuraminidase---the N's---govern how the virus spreads through a host.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2013
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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With 18 hemagglutinin varieties and 11 types of neuraminidase — most carried by birds — there are lots of potential combinations.
—Time, 19 Jan. 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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