COVID-19: Experimental infection of fruit bats, ferrets, pigs and chicken with
SARS-CoV-2 at Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

Balkema-Buschmann, Anne; Beer, Martin; Breithaupt, Angele; Graaf, Annika; Groschup, Martin H.; Grund, Christian; Harder, Timm C.; Hoffmann, Donata; Mettenleiter, Thomas C.; Rissmann, Melanie; Schlottau, Kore; Schön, Jacob

COVID-19: Experimental infection of fruit bats, ferrets, pigs and chicken with SARS-CoV-2 at Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut

2020

Recent work at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) in Germany reviewed SARS-CoV-2, a recently emerged zoonotic pathogen. Researchers examined susceptibility of fruit bats, ferrets, pigs, and chickens. In the report summary, FLI reported pigs and chickens could not be productively infected by SARS-CoV-2 under the experimental conditions used in their work. The study also shows virus replication in ferrets resembles the situation of a mild human infection. Consequently, ferrets might serve as a useful model for further studies.

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