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Hamsters develop protective Immunity to COVID-19 and are Protected by Convalescent Sera

Three x-rays of hamster lungs
Images of the lungs of hamsters before and after infection with SARS-CoV-2, from CT scans at UW Veterinary Care at the School of Veterinary Medicine. In blue are the trachea and bronchi. In red is a region of gas in the cavity just outside the lungs, indicating severe lung damage in the affected animal. The opaque clouding is similar to the “ground glass” appearance in the lungs of some human patients sick with COVID-19. Signs of severe disease in the lungs of hamsters became apparent within eight days of infection and began to improve by 10 days. The effects lingered for longer, as evident on the scan taken 16 days after initial infection. COURTESY OF YOSHIHIRO KAWAOKA

In an animal model for COVID-19 that shares important features of human disease, scientists at the University...

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