AUTHOR=Shou Shuyu , Liu Menghui , Yang Yang , Kang Ning , Song Yingying , Tan Dan , Liu Nannan , Wang Feifei , Liu Jing , Xie Youhua TITLE=Animal Models for COVID-19: Hamsters, Mouse, Ferret, Mink, Tree Shrew, and Non-human Primates JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=12 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.626553 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2021.626553 ISSN=1664-302X ABSTRACT=
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus causing acute respiratory tract infection in humans. The virus has the characteristics of rapid transmission, long incubation period and strong pathogenicity, and has spread all over the world. Therefore, it is of great significance to select appropriate animal models for antiviral drug development and therapeutic effect evaluation. Here, we review and compare the current animal models of SARS-CoV-2.