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Comment
. 2017 Oct 17;114(42):11012-11014.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1715239114. Epub 2017 Oct 10.

NS1 is the fluid for "flu-transmission"

Tokiko Watanabe  1 , Masaki Imai  1 , Yoshihiro Kawaoka  2   3   4
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NS1 is the fluid for "flu-transmission"

Tokiko Watanabe et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Aquatic birds are a major natural reservoir for influenza A viruses. Some avian H1N1 influenza viruses isolated from aquatic wild birds in Delaware Bay, NJ, were transmitted via the airborne route among ferrets without prior adaptation. NS1 was found to play a key role in the airborne transmission of the viruses in mammals.
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