Modeling human respiratory viral infections in the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)

Journal of Antivirals and Antiretrovirals

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-42

  Blanco, Jorge C G ^a   Boukhvalova, Marina S ^a   Perez, Daniel R ^b   Vogel, Stefanie N ^b   Kajon, Adriana ^c  

^a Sigmovir Biosystems Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton rat; Influenza; Rhinovirus; Viral infections

Indexed keywords

ERITORAN; SIALIC ACID;

COTTON RAT; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS A16; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MEASLES; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; RAT MODEL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 84897421291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/jaa.1000093     Document Type: Review

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25. The present work has been supported by NIH Grants AI057575 (JCGB), AI104541 (SNV and JCGB), and AI101480 (JCGB and AEK).