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Kawaoka paper published on aerosol transmission of H5 influenza virus in ferrets

submitted by profvrr on May 02, 2012
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Tags: aerosol transmission , bioterrorism , dual use , ferret , H5N1 , influenza , kawaoka , nsabb , viral , virology , virus
Source: www.virology.ws
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One of two papers on avian influenza H5N1 virus that caused such a furor in the past six months was published today in the journal Nature. I have read it, and I can assure you that the results do not enable the construction of a deadly biological weapon. Instead, they illuminate important requirements for the airborne transmission of influenza viruses among ferrets. Failure to publish this work would have compromised our understanding of influenza viral transmission.
 
 

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