The cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) as an animal model for respiratory tract infections with human pathogens

Synergistic Induction of Interferon α through TLR-3 and TLR-9 Agonists Identifies CD21 as Interferon α Receptor for the B Cell Response

(2013) Dhohyung Kim et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Animal models of human respiratory syncytial virus disease

(2011) Reinout A. Bem et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Insights into the regulatory mechanism controlling the inhibition of vaccine-induced seroconversion by maternal antibodies

(2011) D. Kim et al.   BLOOD

Measles virus neurovirulence and host immunity

(2010) Michael Oglesbee et al.   Future Virology

New insights for development of a safe and protective RSV vaccine

(2010) Jorge C. G. Blanco et al.   Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics

A Recombinant Sialidase Fusion Protein Effectively Inhibits Human Parainfluenza Viral Infection In Vitro and In Vivo

(2010) Anne Moscona et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Induction of Type I Interferon Secretion through Recombinant Newcastle Disease Virus Expressing Measles Virus Hemagglutinin Stimulates Antibody Secretion in the Presence of Maternal Antibodies

(2010) D. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Robust IgA and IgG-producing antibody forming cells in the diffuse-NALT and lungs of Sendai virus-vaccinated cotton rats associate with rapid protection against human parainfluenza virus-type 1

(2010) R. Sealy et al.   VACCINE

The cotton rat model of respiratory viral infections

(2009) Marina S. Boukhvalova et al.   BIOLOGICALS

Nitric oxide production and nitric oxide synthase type 2 expression by cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) macrophages reflect the same pattern as human macrophages

(2009) Mary Carsillo et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Human Parainfluenza Virus Infection of the Airway Epithelium: Viral Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase Regulates Fusion Protein Activation and Modulates Infectivity

(2009) L. M. Palermo et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Human PIV-2 recombinant Sendai virus (rSeV) elicits durable immunity and combines with two additional rSeVs to protect against hPIV-1, hPIV-2, hPIV-3, and RSV

(2009) Bart Jones et al.   VACCINE

Sialic acid recognition is a key determinant of influenza A virus tropism in murine trachea epithelial cell cultures

(2009) Andrew Pekosz et al.   VIROLOGY

Comparison of airway measurements during influenza-induced tachypnea in infant and adult cotton rats

(2009) Elman L Trias et al.   BMC Pulmonary Medicine

An Alphavirus Replicon-Based Human Metapneumovirus Vaccine Is Immunogenic and Protective in Mice and Cotton Rats

(2008) H. Mok et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Antibody contributes to heterosubtypic protection against influenza A-induced tachypnea in cotton rats

(2008) Timothy M Straight et al.   Virology Journal

Induction of type I interferons and interferon-inducible Mx genes during respiratory syncytial virus infection and reinfection in cotton rats

(2007) L. M. Pletneva et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY