Modeling SARS-CoV-2 propagation using rat coronavirus-associated shedding and transmission
Zeiss CJ, Asher JL, Vander Wyk B, Allore HG, Compton SR. Modeling SARS-CoV-2 propagation using rat coronavirus-associated shedding and transmission. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0260038. PMID: 34813610, PMCID: PMC8610237, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViral sheddingSialodacryoadenitis virusSARS-CoV-2Prior natural infectionSARS-CoV-2 propagationSeropositive animalsLow-level sheddingNaive recipient ratsCOVID-19Cycle threshold valuesDirect contact exposureSeroconversion ratesReinfected animalsRecipient ratsImmune protectionHigh riskNaive animalsSusceptible individualsInitial infectionGlobal immunityExposure paradigmRat coronavirusNatural infectionInfectionRatsComparative Milestones in Rodent and Human Postnatal Central Nervous System Development
Zeiss CJ. Comparative Milestones in Rodent and Human Postnatal Central Nervous System Development. Toxicologic Pathology 2021, 49: 1368-1373. PMID: 34569375, DOI: 10.1177/01926233211046933.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostnatal developmentCentral nervous system immaturityPostnatal central nervous system developmentRodent olfactory bulbCentral nervous system developmentRodent brain developmentPostnatal injuryDentate gyrusPostnatal neurogenesisNervous system developmentOlfactory bulbSynaptic maturationSynaptic pruningNeurodevelopmental toxicityGuinea pigsBrain developmentAltricial rodentsCNS developmentPrecocial guinea pigCerebellar developmentRodentsRatsMyelinationNeurogenesisBirth