Mammalian pathogenesis and transmission of H7N9 influenza viruses from three waves, 2013-2015

Journal of Virology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 4647-4657

  Belser, Jessica A ^a   Creager, Hannah M ^a,c   Sun, Xiangjie ^a   Gustin, Kortney M ^a   Jones, Tara ^b   Shieh, Wun Ju ^b   Maines, Taronna R ^a   Tumpey, Terrence M ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERRET; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); LETHALITY; LIFE THREAT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODEL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFLUENZA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD;

VIRAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FERRETS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MICE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; VIRAL LOAD; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84964937825     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00134-16     Document Type: Article

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