| Literature DB >> 33731696 |
Rafik Dey1,2, Melanie A Folkins3, Nicholas J Ashbolt4,3,5.
Abstract
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of acute respiratory tract infections in children and immunocompromised adults worldwide. Here we report that amoebae-release respirable-sized vesicles containing high concentrations of infectious RSV that persisted for the duration of the experiment. Given the ubiquity of amoebae in moist environments, our results suggest that extracellular amoebal-vesicles could contribute to the environmental persistence of respiratory viruses, including potential resistance to disinfection processes and thereby offering novel pathways for viral dissemination and transmission.Entities:
Year: 2021 PMID: 33731696 PMCID: PMC7969602 DOI: 10.1038/s41522-021-00201-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes ISSN: 2055-5008 Impact factor: 7.290