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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kim YI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7144857 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell host & microbe 20200406 5
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in China and rapidly spread worldwide. To prevent SARS-CoV-2 dissemination, understanding the in vivo characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 is a high priority. We report a ferret model of SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission that recapitulates aspects of human disease. SARS-CoV-2-infected ferrets exhibit elevated body temperatures and virus replication. Although fatalities ...[more]