Transmissibility and transmission of respiratory viruses

NHL Leung - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021‏ - nature.com
Human respiratory virus infections lead to a spectrum of respiratory symptoms and disease
severity, contributing to substantial morbidity, mortality and economic losses worldwide, as …

Host and viral determinants of influenza A virus species specificity

JS Long, B Mistry, SM Haslam… - Nature Reviews …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Influenza A viruses cause pandemics when they cross between species and an
antigenically novel virus acquires the ability to infect and transmit between these new hosts …

Risk assessment of a highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus from mink

KH Restori, KM Septer, CJ Field, DR Patel… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 clade 2.3. 4.4 b viruses in farmed mink and seals
combined with isolated human infections suggest these viruses pose a pandemic threat. To …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling aerosol transport and virus exposure with numerical simulations in relation to SARS-CoV-2 transmission by inhalation indoors

V Vuorinen, M Aarnio, M Alava, V Alopaeus… - Safety science, 2020‏ - Elsevier
We provide research findings on the physics of aerosol and droplet dispersion relevant to
the hypothesized aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the current pandemic. We …

Origins of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in swine in Mexico

I Mena, MI Nelson, F Quezada-Monroy, J Dutta… - elife, 2016‏ - elifesciences.org
Asia is considered an important source of influenza A virus (IAV) pandemics, owing to large,
diverse viral reservoirs in poultry and swine. However, the zoonotic origins of the 2009 …

[HTML][HTML] The hidden risk of microplastic-associated pathogens in aquatic environments

H Zhong, M Wu, C Sonne, SS Lam, RWM Kwong… - Eco-Environment & …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Increasing studies of plastisphere have raised public concern about microplastics (MPs) as
vectors for pathogens, especially in aquatic environments. However, the extent to which …

The interplay between the host receptor and influenza virus hemagglutinin and neuraminidase

L Byrd-Leotis, RD Cummings… - International journal of …, 2017‏ - mdpi.com
The hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) glycoproteins of influenza A virus are
responsible for the surface interactions of the virion with the host. Entry of the virus is …

The pandemic threat of emerging H5 and H7 avian influenza viruses

TC Sutton - Viruses, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
The 1918 H1N1 Spanish Influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in modern
history. Unlike more recent pandemics, most of the 1918 H1N1 virus' genome was derived …

Identification, characterization, and natural selection of mutations driving airborne transmission of A/H5N1 virus

M Linster, S van Boheemen, M de Graaf… - Cell, 2014‏ - cell.com
Summary Recently, A/H5N1 influenza viruses were shown to acquire airborne
transmissibility between ferrets upon targeted mutagenesis and virus passage. The critical …

Breathing and tilting: mesoscale simulations illuminate influenza glycoprotein vulnerabilities

L Casalino, C Seitz, J Lederhofer, Y Tsybovsky… - ACS central …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Influenza virus has resurfaced recently from inactivity during the early stages of the COVID-
19 pandemic, raising serious concerns about the nature and magnitude of future epidemics …