Risk assessment of a highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus from mink

Abstract Outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b viruses in farmed mink and seals combined with isolated human infections suggest these viruses pose a pandemic threat. To assess this threat, using the ferret model, we show an H5N1 isolate derived from mink transmits by direct contact to 7...

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Published in:	Nature Communications
Main Authors:	Katherine H. Restori, Kayla M. Septer, Cassandra J. Field, Devanshi R. Patel, David VanInsberghe, Vedhika Raghunathan, Anice C. Lowen, Troy C. Sutton
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2024-05-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48475-y