The mucosal surface of the respiratory tract is a common site of entry of many viruses.
Molecular and cellular aspects of the interactions of respiratory viruses with the respiratory …

We established primary porcine nasal, tracheal, and bronchial epithelial cells that
recapitulate the physical and functional properties of the respiratory tract and have the ability …

Tropism and adaptation of influenza viruses to new hosts is partly dependent on the
distribution of the sialic acid (SA) receptors to which the viral hemagglutinin (HA) binds …

Background Swine are important hosts for influenza A viruses playing a crucial role in the
epidemiology and interspecies transmission of these viruses. Respiratory epithelial cells are …

The 2009 pandemic influenza H1N1 (H1N1pdm) virus was generated by reassortment of
swine influenza viruses of different lineages. This was the first influenza pandemic to …

Background Pigs are thought to act as intermediate hosts in the ecology of influenza viruses
of both avian and human origin. The recent development of procedures for pig ex vivo …

Background The threat posed by swine influenza viruses with potential to transmit from pig
populations to other hosts, including humans, requires the development of new …

Pigs are considered intermediate hosts for the transmission of avian influenza viruses (AIVs)
to humans but the basic organ pathogenesis of AIVs in pigs has been barely studied. We …

Different alphaherpesviruses, including pseudorabies virus (PRV), are able to cross the
basement membrane barrier in nasal respiratory epithelium. As a first step in investigating …

Ovine herpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2) is the causative agent of sheep-associated malignant
catarrhal fever in clinically susceptible ruminants, including cattle, bison and deer. Studies of …