I. G. Barr

This study evaluates the consistency of ferret transmission experiments across laboratories for two H1N1 influenza viruses, finding concordant results and suggesting a minimum of three to five labs for reliable risk assessment.

This paper reports a novel, highly divergent Canine Distemper Virus lineage causing distemper in ferrets in Australia, with less than 93% similarity to other lineages and vaccine strains.

The paper uses mathematical models and focus reduction assays to show that influenza virus neutralization and antibody consumption can lead to bistable growth kinetics, explaining reinfection and vaccine efficacy.