Human parainfluenza virus 3 field strains undergo extracellular fusion protein cleavage to activate entry.

These results suggest that extracellular cleavage of HPIV3 F by serine proteases is critical for infectious HPIV3 F release in authentic lung models, and that membrane-bound or secreted proteases may be significant for HPIV3 spread in the human lung.

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