If you get infected with two influenza viruses at the same time — so H5N1 and a seasonal influenza strain — a process can occur that’s called reassortment. That’s essentially like ...

Influenza viruses are extremely changeable in part because they’re made of RNA, a genetic molecule ... This process, known as reassortment, is a bit like shuffling two different decks of cards ...

Briefly, cDNA was synthesized from DNase I-treated RNA using the SuperScript™ IV First-Strand Synthesis System (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) with primer K-8N. The complementary strand ...

If harboring both the avian and mammalian virus simultaneously, cats could act like mutation mixing vessels, posing risks for genetic reassortment and the emergence of novel influenza strains ...

Professor Pablo Murcia, lead author of the study from the MRC-University of Glasgow Center for Virus Research, said, "Influenza emergence is a rare event, often resulting from the reassortment of ...

"Such dual infections, while very rare, could theoretically result in genetic reassortment of the two different influenza A viruses and lead to a new influenza A virus that has a different ...

“The reason this is important is that if you would have a person who is infected with both H5N1 and a seasonal flu, you now could have one of those bigger reassortment events,” Davis continued. “So, ...

had cellular receptors which allow them to act as “mixing vessels for reassortment of avian and mammalian influenza viruses”. Further, cats which had recently died of H5N1 bird flu were found ...