Enterovirus D-68 Infection, Prophylaxis, and Vaccination in a Novel Permissive Animal Model, the Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus).

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in detection of Enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68) among patients with severe respiratory infections worldwide. EV-D68 is now recognized as a re-emerging pathogen; however, due to lack of a permissive animal model for EV-D68, a comprehensive understandin...

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Main Authors: Mira C Patel, Wei Wang, Lioubov M Pletneva, Seesandra V Rajagopala, Yi Tan, Tina V Hartert, Marina S Boukhvalova, Stefanie N Vogel, Suman R Das, Jorge C G Blanco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5096705?pdf=render