mSphere (Oct 2019)

mSphere of Influence: Redefining an Influenza Virus—How Different Are Influenza Viruses and Extracellular Vesicles?

  • Seema S. Lakdawala

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00563-19
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 5

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ABSTRACT Seema Lakdawala works in the field of influenza virology. In this mSphere of Influence article, she reflects on how the article “Conserved and host-specific features of influenza virion architecture” by Edward C. Hutchinson et al. (Nat Commun 5:4816, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5816) made an impact on her thinking about what constitutes an infectious virus and how influenza viruses can spread within and among hosts.