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. 2023:2682:175-189.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3283-3_13.

Nipah Virus Aerosol Challenge of Three Distinct Particle Sizes in Nonhuman Primates

Matthew G Lackemeyer  1 , J Kyle Bohannon  1 , Michael R Holbrook  1
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Nipah Virus Aerosol Challenge of Three Distinct Particle Sizes in Nonhuman Primates

Matthew G Lackemeyer et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2023.

Abstract

Aerosol and inhalational studies of high-consequence pathogens allow researchers to study the disease course and effects of biologicals transmitted through aerosol in a laboratory-controlled environment. Inhalational studies involving Nipah virus with small (1-3 μm), intermediate (6-8 μm), and large particles (10-14 μm) were explored in African green nonhuman primates to determine if the subsequent disease course more closely recapitulated what is observed in Nipah virus human disease. The aerosol procedures outlined describe the different equipment/techniques used to generate the three particle sizes and control the site of particle deposition within this animal model.

Keywords: Aerobiology; Aerosol; African green monkey; Biosampler; Class III BSC; Inhalation; Intermediate particle; Large particle; Nipah virus; Plethysmography; Small particle.

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