>Let's say hypothetically, I want to study how a virus would be transmitted between an intermediate host and humans, similar to MERS.
>Take another virus that only infects an intermediate host
>Create a tissue culture comprised of a mix of Host Cells and Human Cells
>Infect the host cells in the tissue culture and see if the virus mutates to infect human cells
>Isolate the virus that infected human tissue cells
>Determine if the isolated virus can infect the intermediate host
Would it be possible to perform this experiment?
>Take another virus that only infects an intermediate host
>Create a tissue culture comprised of a mix of Host Cells and Human Cells
>Infect the host cells in the tissue culture and see if the virus mutates to infect human cells
>Isolate the virus that infected human tissue cells
>Determine if the isolated virus can infect the intermediate host
Would it be possible to perform this experiment?
