Influenza Virus Ion Shield

V. А. Ivanisenko, N. A. Коlchanov

Perhaps it is hardly possible to find a person who has not caught flu at least once in lifetime. But most of us willy-nilly "deal with" this infectious agent over and over again. A great variety of medicines supposed to alleviate this disease, which seems harmless only at first sight, is another proof to that. Alas! Influenza is one of the diseases that are overcome in a week if they are treated and in 7 days if they are not.

But what makes influenza viruses so exceptionally resistant to drugs and our immune system attacks? The answer might lie on the surface in the literal sense of the word - on the influenza virion surface…

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