Decoding the Distribution of Glycan Receptors for Human-Adapted Influenza A Viruses in Ferret Respiratory Tract

Ferrets are widely used as animal models for studying influenza A viral pathogenesis and transmissibility. Human-adapted influenza A viruses primarily target the upper respiratory tract in humans (infection of the lower respiratory tract is observed less frequently), while in ferrets, upon intranasa...

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Main Authors: Jayaraman, Akila, Chandrasekaran, Aarthi, Viswanathan, Karthik, Raman, Rahul, Sasisekharan, Ram, Fox, James G
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71238
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-9965
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9307-6116