Influenza virus infection in nonhuman primates
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Imaging Cell Interaction in Tracheal Mucosa During Influenza Virus Infection Using Two-photon Intravital Microscopy
Published on: August 17, 2018
Erik A Karlsson1, Gregory A Engel, M M Feeroz
1St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|September 29, 2012
Abstract:
To determine whether nonhuman primates are infected with influenza viruses in nature, we conducted serologic and swab studies among macaques from several parts of the world. Our detection of influenza virus and antibodies to influenza virus raises questions about the role of nonhuman primates in the ecology of influenza.
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