Ocular conjunctival inoculation of SARS-CoV-2 can cause mild COVID-19 in rhesus macaques

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Ocular conjunctival inoculation of SARS-CoV-2 can cause mild COVID-19 in rhesus macaques

SARS-CoV-2 mainly transmits via respiratory droplets. Here Deng et al. show that SARS-CoV-2 can infect rhesus macaques via ocular conjunctival inoculation.

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Main Authors:	Wei Deng, Linlin Bao, Hong Gao, Zhiguang Xiang, Yajin Qu, Zhiqi Song, Shuran Gong, Jiayi Liu, Jiangning Liu, Pin Yu, Feifei Qi, Yanfeng Xu, Fengli Li, Chong Xiao, Qi Lv, Jing Xue, Qiang Wei, Mingya Liu, Guanpeng Wang, Shunyi Wang, Haisheng Yu, Ting Chen, Xing Liu, Wenjie Zhao, Yunlin Han, Chuan Qin
Format:	article
Language:	EN
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2020
Subjects:	Science Q
Online Access:	https://doaj.org/article/13dc0665d95447c09b947b9b09e62e48
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Summary:	SARS-CoV-2 mainly transmits via respiratory droplets. Here Deng et al. show that SARS-CoV-2 can infect rhesus macaques via ocular conjunctival inoculation.