Ocular conjunctival inoculation of SARS-CoV-2 can cause mild COVID-19 in rhesus macaques

Autor: Wei Deng, Linlin Bao, Hong Gao, Zhiguang Xiang, Yajin Qu, Zhiqi Song, Shuran Gong, Jiayi Liu, Jiangning Liu, Pin Yu, Feifei Qi, Yanfeng Xu, Fengli Li, Chong Xiao, Qi Lv, Jing Xue, Qiang Wei, Mingya Liu, Guanpeng Wang, Shunyi Wang, Haisheng Yu, Ting Chen, Xing Liu, Wenjie Zhao, Yunlin Han, Chuan Qin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18149-6
Popis: SARS-CoV-2 mainly transmits via respiratory droplets. Here Deng et al. show that SARS-CoV-2 can infect rhesus macaques via ocular conjunctival inoculation.
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