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Generation of a Transgenic Mouse Model of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection and Disease
15 Jan 2015
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UNLABELLED: The emergence of Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the Middle East since 2012 has caused more than 900 human infections with ∼40% mortality to date. Animal models are needed for studying pathogenesis and for development of preventive and therapeutic agents against MERS-CoV infection. Nonhuman primates (rhesus macaques and marmosets) are expensive models of limited...
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