To confirm that higher levels of α2,3 sialic acids in mice are directly correlated with a viral infection, lung lymphocytes – collected at day 7 post‐HAd immunization – were infected overnight with 5MOI of NS1‐GFP and then stained the following day with MAA‐1, MAA‐2, and SNA lectins and analyzed by flow cytometry. The gene discussed is SNAI1; the disease is viral infectious disease.