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ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH
Volume 82, Issue 2, Pages A110-A120Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2008.12.014
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Influenza; Influenza virus; H5N1 avian influenza; Animal models; Mouse models; Ferret models; Antiviral therapy
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [N01AI015435] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIAID NIH HHS [N01 AI015435, N01-AI-15435, N01AI15435] Funding Source: Medline
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Influenza A Viruses causes a variety of illnesses in humans. The most common infection, seasonal influenza, is usually a mild, self-limited febrile syndrome, but it can be more severe in infants, the elderly, and immunodeficient persons, in whom it can progress to severe viral pneumonitis or be complicated by bacterial superinfection. leading to pneumonia and sepsis. Seasonal influenza also occasionally results in neurologic complications. Rarely, viruses that have spread from wild birds to domestic poultry can infect humans; such avian influenza can range in severity from mild conjunctivitis through the rapidly lethal disease seen in persons infected with the H5N1 virus that first emerged in Hong Kong in 1997. To develop effective therapies for this wide range of diseases, it Is essential to have laboratory animal models that replicate the major features of illness in humans. This review describes models currently in use for elucidating influenza pathogenesis and evaluating new therapeutic agents. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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