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  • Pulmonary physiology
  • Respiratory viral infections
  • Animal models

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  • Correlating pulmonary physiology with cellular mechanisms in animal models is challenging.
  • Existing models struggle to link lung function changes with immune response.
  • Human pulmonary physiology testing offers quantitative lung function measures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To adapt human pulmonary physiology testing for ventilated non-human primates.
  • To establish a method for correlating physiological changes with disease severity.
  • To facilitate the evaluation of antivirals and vaccines in respiratory viral infection models.

Main Methods:

  • Applied and optimized a human pulmonary physiology testing protocol.
  • Utilized ventilated pigtail macaques (Macaca nemestrina).
  • Tested at baseline and 5 days post-influenza A virus inoculation.

Main Results:

  • Non-human primates exhibited clinical signs including hypothermia and weight loss.
  • Significant declines in oxygenation (66%-81% P/F ratio decrease) were observed.
  • Lung compliance decreased by 16%-45%.

Conclusions:

  • A novel approach for pulmonary physiology testing in non-human primates was developed.
  • This method provides quantitative correlates of respiratory disease.
  • Enables better assessment of therapeutic and vaccine efficacy in animal models.