Pregnant women infected with pathogenic respiratory viruses, such as influenza A viruses
(IAV) and coronaviruses, are at higher risk for mortality, hospitalization, preterm birth, and …

Bacterial and viral co-infections of the respiratory tract are life-threatening and present a
global burden to the global community. Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae …

Influenza virus infection in pigs is a major farming problem, causing considerable economic
loss and posing a zoonotic threat. In addition the pig is an excellent model for understanding …

Animal models are essential for studying disease pathogenesis and to test the efficacy and
safety of new vaccines and therapeutics. For most diseases, there is no single model that …

The induction of antiviral effector proteins as part of a homeostatically controlled innate
immune response to infection plays a critical role in limiting the propagation and …

Abstract Background Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS‐CoV), which is
not fully understood in regard to certain transmission routes and pathogenesis and lacks …

Little is understood about the impact of nebulisation on the viability of SARS-CoV-2. In this
study, a range of nebulisers with differing methods of aerosol generation were evaluated to …

To control infectious diseases in humans, it is important to understand the pathogenicity of
the infecting organism (s). Although non-human primates, such as cynomolgus and rhesus …

Ebola virus (EBOV) is a negative single-stranded RNA virus within the Filoviridae family and
the causative agent of Ebola virus disease (EVD). Nonhuman primates (NHPs), including …

Animal models are an inimitable method to study the systemic pathogenesis of virus-
induced disease. Extra-respiratory complications of influenza A virus infections are not …