SARS-CoV-2 innoculated hamster (IMAGE)

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SARS-CoV-2 innoculated hamster

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(A) Lung tissue section from a SARS-CoV-2inoculated hamster euthanized (6 days post infection (dpi). There is prominent mononuclear endotheliitis (arrows) with perivascular inflammation. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain (Credit: Erin Ball with slide scanning by M. Kevin Keel). (B) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of a hamster pulmonary blood vessel six days after inoculation with SARS-CoV-2. There are damaged, degenerating endothelial cells (EC) with marked cytoplasmic vacuolation (asterisks). RBC = red blood cell; scale bar (A) = 20 µm; scale bar (B) = 2 µm

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Bradley Shibata, “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Vasculopathy in a Syrian Golden Hamster Model,” by Erin E. Ball, et al., The American Journal of Pathology

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