Robustness of the Ferret Model for Influenza Risk Assessment Studies: a Cross-Laboratory Exercise

ABSTRACT Past pandemic influenza viruses with sustained human-to-human transmissibility have emerged from animal influenza viruses. Employment of experimental models to assess the pandemic risk of emerging zoonotic influenza viruses provides critical information supporting public health efforts. Fer...

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Main Authors: Jessica A. Belser, Eric H. Y. Lau, Wendy Barclay, Ian G. Barr, Hualan Chen, Ron A. M. Fouchier, Masato Hatta, Sander Herfst, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Seema S. Lakdawala, Leo Yi Yang Lee, Gabriele Neumann, Malik Peiris, Daniel R. Perez, Charles Russell, Kanta Subbarao, Troy C. Sutton, Richard J. Webby, Huanliang Yang, Hui-Ling Yen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-08-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01174-22