A Researcher Discovers a New Strain of Flu Virus That

A researcher discovers a new strain of flu virus that fails to produce hemagglutinin. How will its inability to produce this glycoprotein affect the virus?

A) The virus will be unable to enter and infect host cells.
B) The virus will be able to infect a greater number of species, as hemagglutinin is responsible for viral species specificity.
C) The virus will be able to target (and enter) more epithelial cell types.
D) This will not affect the virus, as hemagglutinin is a unique component of bacteria (not viruses) .
E) The virus will become both airborne and bloodborne.