Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Isolates from Wild Birds Replicate and Transmit via Contact in Ferrets without Prior Adaptation

Elizabeth A. Driskell; Jennifer A. Pickens; Jennifer Humberd-Smith; James T. Gordy; Konrad C. Bradley; David A. Steinhauer; Roy D. Berghaus; David E. Stallknecht; Elizabeth W. Howerth; Stephen Mark Tompkins

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038067

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Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Isolates from Wild Birds Replicate and Transmit via Contact in Ferrets without Prior Adaptation

Elizabeth A. Driskell ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth A. Driskell, Jennifer A. Pickens

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Jennifer A. Pickens ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Elizabeth A. Driskell, Jennifer A. Pickens

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Jennifer Humberd-Smith,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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James T. Gordy,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Konrad C. Bradley,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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David A. Steinhauer,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Roy D. Berghaus,

Affiliation Department of Population Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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David E. Stallknecht,

Affiliation Department of Population Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Elizabeth W. Howerth,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Stephen Mark Tompkins

* E-mail: smt@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Isolates from Wild Birds Replicate and Transmit via Contact in Ferrets without Prior Adaptation

Elizabeth A. Driskell,
Jennifer A. Pickens,
Jennifer Humberd-Smith,
James T. Gordy,
Konrad C. Bradley,
David A. Steinhauer,
Roy D. Berghaus,
David E. Stallknecht,
Elizabeth W. Howerth,
Stephen Mark Tompkins

Published: June 1, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038067

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