Animal models for filovirus infections

Vinayakumar Siragam; Gary Wong; Xiang-Guo Qiu

doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.053

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Vinayakumar Siragam, Gary Wong, Xiang-Guo Qiu. Animal models for filovirus infections. Zoological Research, 2018, 39(1): 15-24. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.053

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Vinayakumar Siragam, Gary Wong, Xiang-Guo Qiu. Animal models for filovirus infections. Zoological Research, 2018, 39(1): 15-24. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.053

Vinayakumar Siragam, Gary Wong, Xiang-Guo Qiu. Animal models for filovirus infections. Zoological Research, 2018, 39(1): 15-24. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.053

Citation:

Vinayakumar Siragam, Gary Wong, Xiang-Guo Qiu. Animal models for filovirus infections. Zoological Research, 2018, 39(1): 15-24. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.053

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Animal models for filovirus infections

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.053

Vinayakumar Siragam^1,2,
Gary Wong^1,2,3,4,
Xiang-Guo Qiu^{1,2,*
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1 Special Pathogens Program, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3R2, Canada2 Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0J9, Canada3 Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, State Key Discipline of Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, Shenzhen Guangzhou 518020, China4 Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Funds: This work was supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), partially supported by the NIH and CIHR grants to X. G. Qiu (U19 AI109762-1 and CIHR-IER-143487, respectively), and grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China International Cooperation and Exchange Program (8161101193) and National Science and Technology Major Project (2016ZX10004222) to G. Wong

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Corresponding author: Xiang-Guo Qiu,E-mail:xiangguo.qiu@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Received Date: 2017-07-01
Rev Recd Date: 2017-08-26
Publish Date: 2018-01-18

Abstract

Abstract

The family Filoviridae, which includes the genera Marburgvirus and Ebolavirus, contains some of the most pathogenic viruses in humans and non-human primates (NHPs), causing severe hemorrhagic fevers with high fatality rates. Small animal models against filoviruses using mice, guinea pigs, hamsters, and ferrets have been developed with the goal of screening candidate vaccines and antivirals, before testing in the gold standard NHP models. In this review, we summarize the different animal models used to understand filovirus pathogenesis, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each model with respect to filovirus disease research.
- Filovirus,
- Ebola virus,
- Marburg virus,
- Marburg virus disease,
- Ebola virus disease,
- Mouse-adapted ebolavirus,
- Guinea-pig-adapted ebolavirus