Oral SARS-CoV-2 Inoculation Establishes Subclinical Respiratory Infection with Virus Shedding in Golden Syrian Hamsters

Oral SARS-CoV-2 Inoculation Establishes Subclinical Respiratory Infection with Virus Shedding in Golden Syrian Hamsters

Summary: Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is transmitted largely by respiratory droplets or airborne aerosols. Despite being frequently found in the immediate environment and feces of patients, evidence supporting the oral acquisition of SARS-CoV-2 is unavailable. Using t...

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Main Authors: Andrew Chak-Yiu Lee, Anna Jinxia Zhang, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Can Li, Zhimeng Fan, Feifei Liu, Yanxia Chen, Ronghui Liang, Siddharth Sridhar, Jian-Piao Cai, Vincent Kwok-Man Poon, Chris Chung-Sing Chan, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Shuofeng Yuan, Jie Zhou, Hin Chu, Kwok-Yung Yuen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Cell Reports Medicine
Subjects:
coronavirus
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
hamster
oral
gastrointestinal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666379120301634

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