A nonlethal young domesticated ferret (Mustela putorius furo) model for studying pandemic influenza virus A/California/04/2009 (H1N1)

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 364-368

  Lednicky, John A ^a   Croutch, Claire R ^a   Lawrence, Sandra J ^a   Hamilton, Sara B ^a   Daniels, Deirdre E ^a   Astroff, Barry ^a  

^a MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRAIN; FEMALE; FERRET; INFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FERRETS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; MALE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 78649394818     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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