AUTHOR=Shou Shuyu , Liu Menghui , Yang Yang , Kang Ning , Song Yingying , Tan Dan , Liu Nannan , Wang Feifei , Liu Jing , Xie Youhua 

TITLE=Animal Models for COVID-19: Hamsters, Mouse, Ferret, Mink, Tree Shrew, and Non-human Primates

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.626553

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2021.626553

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p>Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus causing acute respiratory tract infection in humans. The virus has the characteristics of rapid transmission, long incubation period and strong pathogenicity, and has spread all over the world. Therefore, it is of great significance to select appropriate animal models for antiviral drug development and therapeutic effect evaluation. Here, we review and compare the current animal models of SARS-CoV-2.</p>