Predicting 'airborne' influenza viruses: (Trans-) mission
impossible? Repeated transmission of animal influenza viruses to
humans has prompted investigation of the viral, host, and
environmental factors responsible for transmission via aerosols
or respiratory droplets. How do we determine - out of thousands
of influenza virus isolates collected in animal surveillance
studies each year - which viruses have the potential to become
'airborne', and hence pose a pandemic threat? Here, using
knowledge from pandemic, zoonotic and epidemic viruses, we
postulate that the… Volume 1, Issue 6, 01 December 2011, Pp
635-642 Sorrell, E.M. | Schrauwen, E.J.A. | Linster, M. | De
Graaf, M. | Herfst, S. | Fouchier, R.A.M.