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Application of Tree Shrew as an Animal Model in Biomedical Research |
Revised:February 11, 2004 |
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KeyWord:Tree shrew,Animal model,Virus |
XU Xin-ping ,,CHEN Hong-bo ,,BEN Kun-long |
XU Xin-ping 1,2,CHEN Hong-bo 1,2,BEN Kun-long 1** |
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Objective Tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri) is a newly developed animal model in biomedical research. The animal can be successfully infected with many human pathogenic viruses, such as human hepatitis viruses A-D, Chikungunya virus, herpes virus, etc. Tree shrew has been quite widely used in research among others in neuroscience, reproductive biology, immunology and sociopsychology. |
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