Presentation 11: Virological factors that increase transmissibility of emerging human viruses

Question 1

What was the research question for this paper?

Answer 1

How might we assess the capability of a particular emerging virus to achieve inter human transmission using background knowledge of their biology?

Question 2

What was the objective of this paper?

Answer 2

To determine which biological feature is most often associated with inter human transmission and what biological attributes of viruses increase the likelihood of successful emergence