immune system
• mice are susceptible to infection with the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) strain hCoV-EMC
• however, no lesions or viral titers are seen in the liver and kidney
• mice treated with a MERS-CoV S-RBD-specific neutralizing antibody (H111-1) are protected from challenge with MERS-CoV, showing decreased viral titers in lungs and reduced weight loss
• mice are also susceptible to infection with high-titer of an optimized pseudotyped MERS-CoV, with younger mice more susceptible than older mice
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nervous system
• MERS-CoV-infected mice exhibit perivascular gliosis in the cerebellum, cerebral ganglia and cerebrum
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
Middle East respiratory syndrome | DOID:0080642 | J:279060 |