Influenza A virus transmission via respiratory aerosols or droplets as it relates to pandemic potential.

ABSTRACT: Many respiratory viruses of humans originate from animals. For instance, there are now eight paramyxoviruses, four coronaviruses and four orthomxoviruses that cause recurrent epidemics in humans but were once confined to other hosts. In the last decade, several members of the same virus families have jumped the species barrier from animals to humans. Fortunately, these viruses have not become established in humans, because they lacked the ability of sustained transmission between humans. However, these outbreaks highlighted the lack of understanding of what makes a virus transmissible. In part triggered by the relatively high frequency of occurrence of influenza A virus zoonoses and pandemics, the influenza research community has started to investigate the viral genetic and biological trai

SUBMITTER: Richard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5006288 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature