Reduced airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 Omicron virus in Syrian hamsters

Adrianus C. M. Boon; Tamarand L. Darling; Peter J. Halfmann; John Franks; Richard J. Webby; Dan H. Barouch; Julia R. Port; Vincent J. Munster; Michael S. Diamond; Yoshihiro Kawaoka

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1010970

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Reduced airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 Omicron virus in Syrian hamsters

Adrianus C. M. Boon ,

* E-mail: jboon@wustl.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Immunology Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4700-8224

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Tamarand L. Darling,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Peter J. Halfmann,

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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John Franks,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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Richard J. Webby,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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Dan H. Barouch,

Affiliations Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Julia R. Port,

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Vincent J. Munster,

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Michael S. Diamond,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Immunology Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, The Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs, Washington University School of Medicine. St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Yoshihiro Kawaoka

Affiliations Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Virology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, The Research Center for Global Viral Diseases, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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Reduced airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 Omicron virus in Syrian hamsters

Adrianus C. M. Boon,
Tamarand L. Darling,
Peter J. Halfmann,
John Franks,
Richard J. Webby,
Dan H. Barouch,
Julia R. Port,
Vincent J. Munster,
Michael S. Diamond,
Yoshihiro Kawaoka

Published: December 2, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010970

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