Bronchoalveolar lavage affects thorax computed tomography of healthy and SARS-CoV-2 infected rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).

Medical imaging as method to assess the longitudinal process of a SARS-CoV-2 infection in non-human primates is commonly used in research settings. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is regularly used to determine the local virus production and immune effects of SARS-CoV-2 in the lower respiratory tract....

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Main Authors: Annemiek Maaskant, Lisette Meijer, Zahra Fagrouch, Jaco Bakker, Leo van Geest, Dian G M Zijlmans, Babs E Verstrepen, Jan A M Langermans, Ernst J Verschoor, Marieke A Stammes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252941