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Increased contact transmission of contemporary Human H5N1 compared to Bovine and Mountain Lion H5N1 in a hamster model
Reshma Koolaparambil Mukesh, Franziska Karola Kaiser, Jonathan E. Schulz…·Vincent Jacobus Munster
The study compares contact transmissibility of human, bovine, and mountain lion H5N1 isolates in Syrian hamsters, finding human isolate has higher contact transmissibility despite limited overall transmission.
DOI 10.1101/2025.06.23.661180