[PDF][PDF] Infection and rapid transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets

YI Kim, SG Kim, SM Kim, EH Kim, SJ Park, KM Yu… - Cell host & …, 2020 - cell.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted via contact and via the air between ferrets

M Richard, A Kok, D de Meulder, TM Bestebroer… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, a coronavirus that emerged in late 2019, has spread rapidly
worldwide, and information about the modes of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among …

Ferrets are valuable models for SARS-CoV-2 research

M Ciurkiewicz, F Armando, T Schreiner… - Veterinary …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), resulted in an ongoing pandemic with millions of deaths …

[HTML][HTML] Age-dependent pathogenic characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infection in ferrets

YI Kim, KM Yu, JY Koh, EH Kim, SM Kim, EJ Kim… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
While the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in healthy people does not differ significantly
among age groups, those aged 65 years or older exhibit strikingly higher COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Intranasal infection of ferrets with SARS-CoV-2 as a model for asymptomatic human infection

HE Everett, FZX Lean, AMP Byrne, PM van Diemen… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ferrets were experimentally inoculated with SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS)-related coronavirus 2) to assess infection dynamics and host response …

Susceptibility of ferrets, cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals to SARS–coronavirus 2

J Shi, Z Wen, G Zhong, H Yang, C Wang, B Huang… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes the infectious
disease COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), which was first reported in Wuhan, China, in …

Animal models for emerging coronavirus: progress and new insights

L Yuan, Q Tang, T Cheng, N Xia - Emerging microbes & infections, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The emergences of coronaviruses have caused a serious global public health problem
because their infection in humans caused the severe acute respiratory disease and deaths …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 are transmitted through the air between ferrets over more than one meter distance

JS Kutter, D de Meulder, TM Bestebroer… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 emerged in late 2019 and caused a pandemic, whereas the closely related
SARS-CoV was contained rapidly in 2003. Here, an experimental set-up is used to study …

[HTML][HTML] Dose-dependent response to infection with SARS-CoV-2 in the ferret model and evidence of protective immunity

KA Ryan, KR Bewley, SA Fotheringham… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
There is a vital need for authentic COVID-19 animal models to enable the pre-clinical
evaluation of candidate vaccines and therapeutics. Here we report a dose titration study of …

The search for a COVID-19 animal model

SS Lakdawala, VD Menachery - Science, 2020 - science.org
As the pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) continues to cause worldwide upheaval, scientists are racing to find appropriate animal …