Infection and Rapid Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Ferrets

• Published in: Cell host & microbe Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 704 - 709.e2
• Main Authors: Kim, Young-Il, Kim, Seong-Gyu, Kim, Se-Mi, Kim, Eun-Ha, Park, Su-Jin, Yu, Kwang-Min, Chang, Jae-Hyung, Kim, Eun Ji, Lee, Seunghun, Casel, Mark Anthony B., Um, Jihye, Song, Min-Suk, Jeong, Hye Won, Lai, Van Dam, Kim, Yeonjae, Chin, Bum Sik, Park, Jun-Sun, Chung, Ki-Hyun, Foo, Suan-Sin, Poo, Haryoung, Mo, In-Pil, Lee, Ok-Jun, Webby, Richard J., Jung, Jae U., Choi, Young Ki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 13.05.2020
• Subjects: 2019-nCoV; 2019-novel coronavirus; Animals; Antibodies, Viral - immunology; Betacoronavirus - immunology; Coronavirus Infections - pathology; Coronavirus Infections - transmission; COVID-19; Disease Models, Animal; Ferrets; novel coronavirus disease; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - pathology; Pneumonia, Viral - transmission; SARS-CoV-2; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; transmission; Viral Vaccines - immunology; Virus Shedding; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; transmission; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; ferrets; 2019-novel coronavirus; 2019-nCoV; virus shedding; novel coronavirus disease

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 prevent SARS-CoV-2 dissemination, understanding the in vivo characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 is a high priority. We report a ferre...