Clinical and epidemiological features in H1N1 and H3N2 influenza A virus

Figueredo, Ana L.; Mincholé, Elisa; Panadero, Carolina; Polanco, Dinora; Viñado, Clara; García, Sandra; Gomara, Sara; Leon, Erika; Benedicto, Laura; Aguilar, C.; Bello, Salvador

doi:10.1183/13993003.congress-2015.pa2608

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“…Critically, ferrets are a susceptible host for highly pathogenic avian strains of influenza with pandemic potential, such as H5N1 and H7N9, although disease severity in infected ferrets is somewhat variable . Similar variability in pathogenesis has been reported for some seasonal strains such as recent H3N2 isolates, which display a range of disease severity in humans but generally remain mild in ferrets …”

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Improving immunological insights into the ferret model of human viral infectious disease

Wong

Layton

Wheatley

et al. 2019

Influenza Resp Viruses

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Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2019;13:535-546. | 535 wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/irv 1 | INTRODUC TI ON Animal models have proved critical in developing concepts of immunity to infection. Non-human primates (NHP) are a highly humanrelevant disease model for infectious agents due to high genetic conservation between humans and NHP. 1-3 However, significant cost and ethical issues often necessitate the use of smaller animal models for both basic and translational research. Mice (Mus musculus) are a favoured small animal model due to widespread availability, incisive transgenic models, comprehensive genomic information 4 and readily available reagents. However, for many viruses, alternative animal models better recapitulate human physiology and disease. Ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) have been employed to study the pathogenesis of a variety of human pathogens, including human and avian influenzas, coronaviruses including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV), 5-14 human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV), 15-20 human metapneumovirus (HMPV), 21 Ebola virus 22-28 and henipavirus (Nipah virus and Hendra virus). 29-34 While ferretscan be productively infected with many of these viruses, a lack of some tools to interrogate ferret immunological responses to infection limits insights that might impact the development of vaccines and/or therapeutics. Here, we review recent insights gained from ferret models of human respiratory diseases, with a major focus on influenza, and highlight several knowledge gaps whose closure will greatly enhance the informational gain from ferret models to advance development of human vaccines and therapeutics. AbstractFerrets are a well-established model for studying both the pathogenesis and transmission of human respiratory viruses and evaluation of antiviral vaccines. Advanced immunological studies would add substantial value to the ferret models of disease but are hindered by the low number of ferret-reactive reagents available for flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry. Nevertheless, progress has been made to understand immune responses in the ferret model with a limited set of ferret-specific reagents and assays. This review examines current immunological insights gained from the ferret model across relevant human respiratory diseases, with a focus on influenza viruses. We highlight key knowledge gaps that need to be bridged to advance the utility of ferrets for immunological studies. K E Y W O R D S ferret, immunology, influenza How to cite this article: Wong J, Layton D, Wheatley AK, Kent SJ. Improving immunological insights into the ferret model of human viral infectious disease. Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2019;13:535-546. https ://doi.

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Section: Ferrets As An Influenza Pathogenesis and Transmission Modelmentioning

confidence: 83%