NPRC/Institute
Tulane National Primate Research Center; Tulane University School of Medicine; Florida State University; University of Texas Medical Branch; Perelman School of Medicine; Duke University Medical Center; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Summary of Study
Data demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 infection of pigtail macaques recapitulates important features of COVID-19 and reveals new immune and viral dynamics and thus may serve as a useful animal model for studying pathogenesis and testing vaccines and therapeutics.
Year Published
2021
References
PMID: 34929014 / doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010162
Contact Info
Nicholas Maness: nmaness@tulane.edu
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2, respiratory viral challenge, immune response, pathology, primates
Coronavirus Investigated*
NHP Species
date entered