Protective porcine influenza virus-specific monoclonal antibodies recognize similar haemagglutinin epitopes as humans.

Pigs are natural hosts for the same subtypes of influenza A viruses as humans and integrally involved in virus evolution with frequent interspecies transmissions in both directions. The emergence of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus illustrates the importance of pigs in evolution of zoonotic strains. Her...

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Main Authors: Barbara Holzer, Pramila Rijal, Adam McNee, Basudev Paudyal, Veronica Martini, Becky Clark, Tanuja Manjegowda, Francisco J Salguero, Emily Bessell, John C Schwartz, Katy Moffat, Miriam Pedrera, Simon P Graham, Alistair Noble, Marie Bonnet-Di Placido, Roberto M La Ragione, William Mwangi, Peter Beverley, John W McCauley, Rodney S Daniels, John A Hammond, Alain R Townsend, Elma Tchilian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009330