Effect of In Vitro Syncytium Formation on the Severity of Human Metapneumovirus Disease in a Murine Model

Laetitia Aerts; Marie-Hélène Cavanagh; Julia Dubois; Julie Carbonneau; Chantal Rhéaume; Sophie Lavigne; Christian Couture; Marie-Ève Hamelin; Guy Boivin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120283

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Effect of In Vitro Syncytium Formation on the Severity of Human Metapneumovirus Disease in a Murine Model

Laetitia Aerts,

Affiliation Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec and Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Marie-Hélène Cavanagh,

Affiliation Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec and Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Julia Dubois,

Affiliation Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec and Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Julie Carbonneau,

Affiliation Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec and Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Chantal Rhéaume,

Affiliation Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec and Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Sophie Lavigne,

Affiliation Anatomopathologie et cytologie, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec and Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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Christian Couture,

Affiliation Anatomopathologie et cytologie, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec and Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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Marie-Ève Hamelin,

Affiliation Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec and Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Guy Boivin

* E-mail: Guy.Boivin@crchul.ulaval.ca

Affiliation Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec and Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Effect of In Vitro Syncytium Formation on the Severity of Human Metapneumovirus Disease in a Murine Model

Laetitia Aerts,
Marie-Hélène Cavanagh,
Julia Dubois,
Julie Carbonneau,
Chantal Rhéaume,
Sophie Lavigne,
Christian Couture,
Marie-Ève Hamelin,
Guy Boivin

Published: March 24, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120283

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