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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (374): animal, ferret, research, epidemiology

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/UnknownIn the current study, the researchers selected ferrets as an animal model to study SARS-CoV-2 transmission, because these domestic mammals are widely used in laboratories to study experimental infection and clinical outcomes of human diseases caused by respiratory viruses.During the initial period of COVID-19 pandemic in the New England area (March 2020), the researchers performed a rapid response study to evaluate possibilities of human to animal spillover and onward Read more [...]