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Small Animal Models for Human Metapneumovirus: Cotton Rat is More Permissive than Hamster and Mouse

Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is the second most prevalent causative agent of pediatric respiratory infections worldwide. Currently, there are no vaccines or antiviral drugs against this virus. One of the major hurdles in hMPV research is the difficulty to identify a robust small animal model to accu...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Yu, Niewiesk, Stefan, Li, Jianrong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4243432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25438015
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens3030633