- Immunocompromised ferret model
- In vivo imaging
- Rapid development of animal models for emerging viruses
Viruses 2018 January; 1(10): doi10.3390/v10010018
Transmission of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the Immunocompromised Ferret Model.
Leon de Waal, Saskia L. Smits, Edwin J. B. Veldhuis Kroeze, Geert van Amerongen, Marie O. Pohl, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus and Koert J. Stittelaar
PLoS Pathog. 2013 May;9(5):e1003343.
Prolonged influenza virus shedding and emergence of antiviral resistance in immunocompromised patients and ferrets.
van der Vries E, Stittelaar KJ, van Amerongen G, Veldhuis Kroeze EJ, de Waal L, Fraaij PL, Meesters RJ, Luider TM, van der Nagel B, Koch B, Vulto AG, Schutten M, Osterhaus AD.
Vet Pathol. 2012 May;49(3):562-8.
Modification of the ferret model for pneumonia from seasonal human influenza a virus infection.
Brand JM, Stittelaar KJ, Leijten LM, Amerongen Gv, Simon JH, Osterhaus AD, Kuiken T.
J Gen Virol. 2011 Aug;92(Pt 8):1854-8.
Pulmonary pathology of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus (2009)-infected ferrets upon longitudinal evaluation by computed tomography.
Veldhuis Kroeze EJ, van Amerongen G, Dijkshoorn ML, Simon JH, de Waal L, Hartmann IJ, Krestin GP, Kuiken T, Osterhaus AD, Stittelaar KJ.
J Infect Dis. 2010 Apr 1;201(7):993-9.
Severity of pneumonia due to new H1N1 influenza virus in ferrets is intermediate between that due to seasonal H1N1 virus and highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus.
van den Brand JM, Stittelaar KJ, van Amerongen G, Rimmelzwaan GF, Simon J, de Wit E, Munster V, Bestebroer T, Fouchier RA, Kuiken T, Osterhaus AD.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Nov;16(11):1745-7.
