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Mouse adaptation of influenza B virus increases replication in the upper respiratory tract and results in droplet transmissibility in ferrets.
Scientific reports - 3 Nov 2015
Kim Eun-Ha, Park Su-Jin, Kwon Hyeok-Il, Kim Se Mi, Kim Young-il, Song Min-Suk, Choi Eun-Ji, Pascua Philippe Noriel Q, Choi Young-Ki
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the molecular changes that allow influenza B viruses to adapt to new mammalian hosts, influenza B/Florida/04/2006 was serially passaged in BALB/c mice until highly virulent. The viral factors underlying this transition were then investigated in mice and ferrets. Five viruses, including the wild-type virus (P0), three intermediate viruses (P5, P9, and P12), and a lethal mouse-adapted virus (P17...
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