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Influenza C viruses did not possess neuraminidase activity when examined using either fetuin or sialyllactose as substrate. Purified preparations of influenza C virus inhibited hemagglutination by NWS hemagglutinin. The hemagglutination inhibiting activity was a bolished by treatment of influenza C virus with neuraminidase. These findings indicated the absence of neuraminidase activity on influenza C virus particles.
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Nerome, K., Ishida, M. & Nakayama, M. Absence of neuraminidase from influenza C virus. Archives of Virology 50, 241–244 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01320578
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