Novel avian-origin human influenza A(H7N9) can be transmitted between ferrets via respiratory droplets

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 551-556

  Xu, Lili ^a   Bao, Linlin ^a   Deng, Wei ^a   Dong, Libo ^b   Zhu, Hua ^a   Chen, Ting ^a   Lv, Qi ^a   Li, Fengdi ^a   Yuan, Jing ^a   Xiang, Zhiguang ^a   Gao, Kai ^a   Xu, Yanfeng ^a   Huang, Lan ^a   Li, Yanhong ^a   Liu, Jiangning ^a   Yao, Yanfeng ^a   Yu, Pin ^a   Li, Xiyan ^b   Huang, Weijuan ^b   Zhao, Xiang ^b   Lan, Yu ^b   Guo, Junfeng ^b   Yong, Weidong ^a   Wei, Qiang ^a   Chen, Honglin ^c   Zhang, Lianfeng ^a   Qin, Chuan ^a   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

^b China CDC   (China)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

animal models; H7N9 influenza virus; pathogenicity; transmissibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODELS; H7N9 INFLUENZA VIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSMISSIBILITY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FERRETS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; LUNG; NASAL CAVITY; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHARYNX;

EID: 84893242791     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit474     Document Type: Article

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