PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SECONDARY INFECTIONS FOLLOWING VIRAL INFECTION

摘要

This invention relates to a synthetic nutritional composition suitable foruse in the prevention of secondary infections following a viral infection characterisedby neuraminidase activitycomprising a sialylated oligosaccharide and N-acetyl-lactosamineand/or an oligosaccharide containing N-acetyl-lactosamineThe inventionfurther extends to the use of such a composition in the prevention of secondaryinfections such as otitis media.