Mice Susceptible to SARS Coronavirus

Abstract

Murine models of severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) will greatly advance research on this emerging virus. When BALB/c mice were simultaneously inoculated intranasally and orally, replication of SARS-CoV was found in both lung and intestinal tissue.

Keywords

• SARS-CoV
• Coronavirus
• SARS Virus
• mice
• model
• multiplex