Influenza A virus undergoes compartmentalized replication in vivo dominated by stochastic bottlenecks
K. A. Amato, L. A. Haddock, K. M. Braun, V. Meliopoulos, B. Livingston, R. Honce, G. A. Schaack, E. Boehm, C. A. Higgins, G. L. Barry, K. Koelle, S. Schultz-Cherry, T. C. Friedrich, A. Mehle
This study tracks influenza A virus diversity in ferrets, showing compartmentalized replication and stochastic bottlenecks shaping genetic diversity within lung lobes.
bioRxiv · Sep 28, 2021Microbiology