Transmission of a 2009 pandemic influenza virus shows a sensitivity to temperature and humidity similar to that of an H3N2 seasonal strain

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1400-1402

  Steel, John ^a   Palese, Peter ^a   Lowen, Anice C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COLD; EPIDEMIC; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 78651405176     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02186-10     Document Type: Article

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