Impairment of human polymorphonuclear leucocyte function by influenza virus

Larson, H.E.; Blades, R.

Lancet 1(7954): 283

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0140-6736
PMID: 55591
Document Number: 101741
The effects of an influenza virus on polymorphonuclear leucocyte [PMN] function were examined in vitro with respect to why bacterial pneumonia often accompanies influenza in man. The ability of human PMN to show chemotaxis and to phagocytize staphylococci was inhibited when they were incubated with influenza viruses. Hexose monophosphate shunt activation was unaffected. The inhibitory effects were apparently specific to the virus.

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