Design and validation with influenza a virus of an aerosol transmission chamber for ferrets

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2019, Pages

  Turgeon, Nathalie ^a,b   Hamelin, Marie Ève ^c   Verreault, Daniel ^d   Lévesque, Ariane ^d   Rhéaume, Chantal ^c   Carbonneau, Julie ^c   Checkmahomed, Liva ^c   Girard, Matthieu ^d   Boivin, Guy ^c   Duchaine, Caroline ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Research and Development Institute for the Agri Environment   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosol chamber; Bioaerosols; Ferret animal model; Influenza virus

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DROPLET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFLUENZA; VIRUS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; NONHUMAN; TRAVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; INFLUENZA; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSMISSION; VALIDATION STUDY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MUSTELA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FERRETS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 85061992128     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16040609     Document Type: Article

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