Yu, Jie-mei
Li, Li-li
Xie, Guang-cheng
Zhang, Cui-yuan
Ao, Yuan-yun
Duan, Zhao-jun
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81702007, 81290345)
Article History
Received: 18 September 2017
Accepted: 11 December 2017
First Online: 31 January 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Six healthy male woodchucks (M. monax) (age, 1–3 years; weight, 1.8–2.4 kg) were purchased from the Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College.
: All experiments involving MHHAV-infected animals were performed in biosafety level 2 containment at the Experimental Animal Center of the China CDC, in accordance with institutional guidelines. The animal study protocol was approved by the China CDC Animal Welfare Committee.