Respiratory disease and virus shedding in rhesus macaques inoculated with SARS-CoV-2
V. Munster, F. Feldmann, B. Williamson, N. van Doremalen, , L. Perez-Perez, J. Schultz, K. Meade-White, A. Okumura, J. Callison, B. Brumbaugh, V. Avanzato, R. Rosenke, P. Hanley, G. Saturday, D. Scott, , E. de Wit
This study shows that SARS-CoV-2 causes respiratory disease in rhesus macaques with symptoms similar to human cases, including prolonged viral shedding.
bioRxiv · Mar 21, 2020Microbiology