Hector C. Aguilar

Infection and transmission dynamics of bovine and human influenza A H5N1 viruses in mouse and hamster models

ABSTRACT Here we investigated the pathogenesis and contact transmission of bovine- and human-derived highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b genotype B3.13 viruses in mammalian models. Using reverse genetics, we rescued three naturally occurring viruses, rTX2...