Lessons for human influenza from pathogenicity studies with ferrets

Reviews of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 56-75

  Smith, Harry ^a   Sweet, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; DISEASE MODEL; FERRET; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE MUCOSA; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARNIVORA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FERRETS; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; NASAL MUCOSA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0023752476     PISSN: 01620886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/10.1.56     Document Type: Article

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