MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Sex bias determines MERS-CoV infection outcomes in a mouse model of differential pathogenicity
Marin Habbick, Trenton Bushmaker, Reema Singh…·Angela L. Rasmussen
This study shows that female mice tolerate low-dose MERS-CoV infection but experience severe inflammation with high dose, while male mice have uniformly lethal outcomes regardless of dose.
DOI 10.1101/2025.06.19.660369