All ferret mothers tested had at least one mammary gland that contained infectious influenza virus. Live influenza virus was present in the nipples of positive mammary glands, and was also found ...

Human mammary glands contain sugars that avian influenza can latch onto to infect cells, researchers report August 8 at medRxiv.org. The finding, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, raises the ...

Influenza is known as an infectious respiratory disease, but a study published on Oct. 8 in PLOS Pathogens suggests that infected cells in breast tissues could play a role in virus transmission ...

Study: Sialic Acid Receptor Specificity in Mammary Gland of Dairy Cattle Infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus. Image Credit: Simon Kadula/Shutterstock.com Background In ...

Infection of the mammary gland, in addition to causing animal distress, is a major economic burden of the dairy industry. Staphylococcus aureus is the major contagious mastitis pathogen ...

Microscope images of mammary gland tissue taken from a dairy cow infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza are magnified by 200 times on the left and 400 times on the right. On the left, cells ...