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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Macaca fascicularis
DISEASE(S): K173 influenza
SUBMITTER: Sean Proll
PROVIDER: E-TABM-181 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature 20070101 7125
The 1918 influenza pandemic was unusually severe, resulting in about 50 million deaths worldwide. The 1918 virus is also highly pathogenic in mice, and studies have identified a multigenic origin of this virulent phenotype in mice. However, these initial characterizations of the 1918 virus did not address the question of its pathogenic potential in primates. Here we demonstrate that the 1918 virus caused a highly pathogenic respiratory infection in a cynomolgus macaque model that culminated in a ...[more]