Pathogenesis, transmissibility, and ocular tropism of a highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H7N3) virus associated with human conjunctivitis

Journal of Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5746-5754

  Belser, Jessica A ^a   Davis, C Todd ^a   Balish, Amanda ^a   Edwards, Lindsay E ^a   Zeng, Hui ^a   Maines, Taronna R ^a   Gustin, Kortney M ^a   Martínez, Irma López ^b   Fasce, Rodrigo ^c   Cox, Nancy J ^a   Katz, Jacqueline M ^a   Tumpey, Terrence M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Instituto de Diagnósticoy Referencia Epidemiológicos   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTERFERON; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FERRET; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H7N3); INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N3; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; LD 50; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UPREGULATION; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FERRETS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N3 SUBTYPE; MALE; MEXICO; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VIRAL TROPISM;

EID: 84876486962     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00154-13     Document Type: Article

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