Animal models for COVID-19: hamsters, mouse, ferret, mink, tree shrew, and non-human primates

S Shou, M Liu, Y Yang, N Kang, Y Song… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus
causing acute respiratory tract infection in humans. The virus has the characteristics of rapid …

Natural and experimental SARS-CoV-2 infection in domestic and wild animals

DA Meekins, NN Gaudreault, JA Richt - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 is the etiological agent responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,
which continues to spread with devastating effects on global health and socioeconomics …

Susceptibility of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to SARS-CoV-2

MV Palmer, M Martins, S Falkenberg, A Buckley… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The origin of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus
causing the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, remains a mystery …

Infection and transmission of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 and its alpha variant in pregnant white-tailed deer

K Cool, NN Gaudreault, I Morozov… - Emerging microbes & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT SARS-CoV-2 was first reported circulating in human populations in December
2019 and has since become a global pandemic. Recent history involving SARS-like …

Assessing the risks of SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife

RJ Delahay, J de la Fuente, GC Smith, K Sharun… - One health outlook, 2021 - Springer
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from a wildlife source with transmission
to humans followed by rapid geographic spread throughout the globe and severe impacts …

A recombinant spike protein subunit vaccine confers protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in hamsters

Y Wu, X Huang, L Yuan, S Wang, Y Zhang… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Multiple safe and effective vaccines that elicit immune responses against severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are necessary to respond to the ongoing …

Fatal neurodissemination and SARS-CoV-2 tropism in K18-hACE2 mice is only partially dependent on hACE2 expression

M Carossino, D Kenney, AK O'Connell, P Montanaro… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Animal models recapitulating COVID-19 are critical to enhance our understanding of SARS-
CoV-2 pathogenesis. Intranasally inoculated transgenic mice expressing human …

Animal models, zoonotic reservoirs, and cross-species transmission of emerging human-infecting coronaviruses

Y Kane, G Wong, GF Gao - Annual review of animal biosciences, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Over the past three decades, coronavirus (CoV) diseases have impacted humans more than
any other emerging infectious disease. The recent emergence of severe acute respiratory …

[HTML][HTML] Spread of mink SARS-CoV-2 variants in humans: a model of sarbecovirus interspecies evolution

CA Devaux, L Pinault, J Delerce, A Levasseur… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants has quickly spanned doubts and the fear about
their ability escape vaccine protection. Some of these variants initially identified in caged …

Monitoring of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in mustelids

European Food Safety Authority and European … - Efsa …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
American mink and ferret are highly susceptible to severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), but no information is available for other mustelid species …