Guinea pig model for evaluating the potential public health risk of swine and avian influenza viruses.

Guinea pig model for evaluating the potential public health risk of swine and avian influenza viruses.

BACKGROUND: The influenza viruses circulating in animals sporadically transmit to humans and pose pandemic threats. Animal models to evaluate the potential public health risk potential of these viruses are needed. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We investigated the guinea pig as a mammalian model fo...

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Main Authors: Yipeng Sun, Yuhai Bi, Juan Pu, Yanxin Hu, Jingjing Wang, Huijie Gao, Linqing Liu, Qi Xu, Yuanyuan Tan, Mengda Liu, Xin Guo, Hanchun Yang, Jinhua Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2990763?pdf=render

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