SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in the North American deer mouse

SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in the North American deer mouse

Deer mice are natural hosts for a number of human pathogens. Here, Griffin et al. report that intranasal exposure of the North American deer mouse to SARS-CoV-2 results in virus replication and shedding, despite causing only mild or asymptomatic illness. Additionally, infected deer mice can transmit...

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Main Authors: Bryan D. Griffin, Mable Chan, Nikesh Tailor, Emelissa J. Mendoza, Anders Leung, Bryce M. Warner, Ana T. Duggan, Estella Moffat, Shihua He, Lauren Garnett, Kaylie N. Tran, Logan Banadyga, Alixandra Albietz, Kevin Tierney, Jonathan Audet, Alexander Bello, Robert Vendramelli, Amrit S. Boese, Lisa Fernando, L. Robbin Lindsay, Claire M. Jardine, Heidi Wood, Guillaume Poliquin, James E. Strong, Michael Drebot, David Safronetz, Carissa Embury-Hyatt, Darwyn Kobasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23848-9

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23848-9

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