Environmental conditions affect exhalation of H3N2 seasonal and variant influenza viruses and respiratory droplet transmission in ferrets

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Gustin, Kortney M ^a,b   Belser, Jessica A ^a   Veguilla, Vic ^a   Zeng, Hui ^a   Katz, Jacqueline M ^a   Tumpey, Terrence M ^a   Maines, Taronna R ^a  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHALATION; FERRET; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VARIANT INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; EXHALATION; FERRETS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; SEASONS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84929353151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125874     Document Type: Article

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