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SUBMITTER: Johnson RF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5001852 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johnson Reed F RF Via Laura E LE Kumar Mia R MR Cornish Joseph P JP Yellayi Srikanth S Huzella Louis L Postnikova Elena E Oberlander Nicholas N Bartos Christopher C Ork Britini L BL Mazur Steven S Allan Cindy C Holbrook Michael R MR Solomon Jeffrey J Johnson Joshua C JC Pickel James J Hensley Lisa E LE Jahrling Peter B PB
Virology 20150903
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) continues to be a threat to human health in the Middle East. Development of countermeasures is ongoing; however, an animal model that faithfully recapitulates human disease has yet to be defined. A recent study indicated that inoculation of common marmosets resulted in inconsistent lethality. Based on these data we sought to compare two isolates of MERS-CoV. We followed disease progression in common marmosets after intratracheal exposure wi ...[more]