Army Scientists Establish First Lethal Mouse Model for COVID-19 (IMAGE)

US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Army Scientists Establish First Lethal Mouse Model for COVID-19

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Image shows SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA detected in the nasal epithelium, olfactory bulbs, and eyes of transgenic mice expressing human ACE2, the receptor for SARS-CoV-2, by RNA in situ hybridization.

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Joseph W. Golden and Xiankun Zeng, USAMRIID

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