JULY 16, 2024

H5N1 Virus Did Not Efficiently Transmit Via Respiratory Route to Ferrets

By IDSE News Staff

A series of experiments with highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) viruses circulating in infected U.S. dairy cattle found that viruses derived from lactating dairy cattle induced severe disease in mice and ferrets when administered by intranasal inoculation. 

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