Transmission of a 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Virus Occurs before Fever Is Detected, in the Ferret Model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Roberts, Kim L ^a,b   Shelton, Holly ^a,c   Stilwell, Peter ^a   Barclay, Wendy S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERRET; FEVER; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; SNEEZING; TYPE STRAIN; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FERRETS; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KINETICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84865593189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043303     Document Type: Article

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