Aerosol Transmission of Hantaan and Related Viruses to Laboratory Rats

Edwin O. Nuzum Disease Assessment

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Hantaan, Seoul, and Puumala viruses were transmitted to 12–16-week-old female Wistar Rattus norvegicus by inhalation. The rodent infectious dose for each virus by intramuscular inoculation and by inhalation was determined, as was the infectious dose for Vero E-6 cells by direct plaque assay.

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