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  • Emerging coronaviruses are a global public health threat because of the potential for person-to-person transmission and high mortality rates. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) emerged in 2012, causing lethal respiratory disease in ยป35% of cases. Primate models of coronavirus disease are needed to support development of therapeutics, but few models exist that recapitulate severe disease. For initial development of a MERS-CoV primate model, 12 African green monkeys were exposed to 10(3), 10(4), or 10(5) PFU target doses of aerosolized MERS-CoV. We observed a dose-dependent increase of respiratory disease signs, although all 12 monkeys survived for the 28-day duration of the study. This study describes dose-dependent effects of MERS-CoV infection of primates and uses a route of infection with potential relevance to MERS-CoV transmission. Aerosol exposure of African green monkeys might provide a platform approach for the development of primate models of novel coronavirus diseases.
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?:doi
  • 10.3201/eid2612.201664
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?:journal
  • Emerg_Infect_Dis
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  • no-cc
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/c1faf527bfbf394834f6156e42535ffbed4cc8ba.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7706928.xml.json
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?:pmid
  • 32744989.0
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  • Medline; PMC
?:title
  • Small Particle Aerosol Exposure of African Green Monkeys to MERS-CoV as a Model for Highly Pathogenic Coronavirus Infection
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?:year
  • 2020-12-15

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