Influenza A viruses are transmitted via the air from the nasal respiratory epithelium of ferrets
oleh: Mathilde Richard, Judith M. A. van den Brand, Theo M. Bestebroer, Pascal Lexmond, Dennis de Meulder, Ron A. M. Fouchier, Anice C. Lowen, Sander Herfst
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2020-02-01 |
Deskripsi
Here, the authors perform simultaneous inoculation of genetically tagged influenza A virus in ferrets and show that airborne transmissible viruses are preferentially transmitted from the upper respiratory tract, which correlates with high replication ability in the ferret and human nasal respiratory epithelium.