id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-271243-8cfyen86 Xiao, Y. Pathological Changes in Masked Palm Civets Experimentally Infected by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus 2008-05-31 .txt text/plain 3375 179 52 title: Pathological Changes in Masked Palm Civets Experimentally Infected by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus Summary Masked palm civets are highly susceptible to infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV). The present study describes the spectrum of histopathological changes in the lung, spleen, lymph node, liver, small intestine, kidney and cerebrum of civets infected experimentally with SARS-CoV. One animal from each group was sacrificed at 3, 13, 23, 34 and 35 days post-infection (dpi), and lung, spleen, lymph node, small intestine, kidney, trachea, cerebrum, pancreas, sex glands, stomach and heart were collected from each animal. In summary, the data presented in this study further corroborate previous findings (Wu et al., 2005) in demonstrating that civets are more susceptible to SARS-CoV infection than other animals, as implied by their clinical symptoms, pathological changes and virus distribution within tissues. ./cache/cord-271243-8cfyen86.txt ./txt/cord-271243-8cfyen86.txt