SARS-CoV-2 infection augments species- and age-specific predispositions in cotton rats

Abstract Heterogeneity of COVID-19 manifestations in human population is vast, for reasons unknown. Cotton rats are a clinically relevant small animal model of human respiratory viral infections. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that SARS-CoV-2 infection in cotton rats affects multiple organs...

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Main Authors: Marina S. Boukhvalova, Emma Mortensen, Jessica Caple, John Joseph, Fatoumata Sylla, Arash Kamali, Daniel Stylos, Diego Lopez, Thomas March, Kevin Matthew Byrd, Gregory A. Prince, Ariel Arndt, Adriana Kajon, Jorge C. G. Blanco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27328-y