Loss in lung volume and changes in the immune response demonstrate disease progression in African green monkeys infected by small-particle aerosol and intratracheal exposure to Nipah virus.

Loss in lung volume and changes in the immune response demonstrate disease progression in African green monkeys infected by small-particle aerosol and intratracheal exposure to Nipah virus.

Nipah virus (NiV) is a paramyxovirus (genus Henipavirus) that emerged in the late 1990s in Malaysia and has since been identified as the cause of sporadic outbreaks of severe febrile disease in Bangladesh and India. NiV infection is frequently associated with severe respiratory or neurological disea...

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Main Authors: Yu Cong, Margaret R Lentz, Abigail Lara, Isis Alexander, Christopher Bartos, J Kyle Bohannon, Dima Hammoud, Louis Huzella, Peter B Jahrling, Krisztina Janosko, Catherine Jett, Erin Kollins, Matthew Lackemeyer, Daniel Mollura, Dan Ragland, Oscar Rojas, Jeffrey Solomon, Ziyue Xu, Vincent Munster, Michael R Holbrook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-04-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5397074?pdf=render

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