A neonatal mouse model characterizes transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants and reveals a role for ORF8
B. A. Rodriguez-Rodriguez, G. Ciabattoni, R. Duerr, A. M. Valero-Jimenez, S. T. Yeung, K. M. Crosse, A. Schinlever, L. Bernard-Raichon, J. J. Rodriguez-Galvan, M. McGrath, S. Vashee, Y. Xue, C. Loomis, K. M. Khanna, K. H. Cadwell, , M. Dittmann
This study establishes a neonatal mouse model to study SARS-CoV-2 transmissibility, showing variant differences in infectious shedding and identifying ORF8's role in transmission.
bioRxiv · Oct 4, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology