Low pH gel intranasal sprays inactivate influenza viruses in vitro and protect ferrets against influenza infection

Respiratory Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rennie, Paul ^a   Bowtell, Philip ^a   Hull, David ^a   Charbonneau, Duane ^a   Lambkin Williams, Robert ^b   Oxford, John ^b  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FERRET; GEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FERRETS; GELS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

EID: 34250316096     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-8-38     Document Type: Article

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