Influenza A virus transmission via respiratory aerosols or droplets as it relates to pandemic potential

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-85

  Richard, Mathilde ^a   Fouchier, Ron A M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emerging disease; Ferret; Guinea pig; Host range; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

HOST FACTOR; AEROSOL;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRBORNE VIRUS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H2N2); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; REVIEW; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; AEROSOL; ANIMAL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PANDEMIC; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PANDEMICS;

EID: 84961992316     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv039     Document Type: Review

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