Table 3 Peak viral load and day of viral clearance based on nasal and throat swabs in all experimental models and humans7,18,19,181,182,183 (dpi days post-infection)

From: Post Pandemic Problem, is there an animal model suitable to investigate PASC

Experimental model

Peak (dpi)

Clearance (dpi)

Mouse

3

Highly variable between the models.

Syrian golden hamster

2–4

7–12

Ferret

4

8–12

NHP

2

8–10

Human

5

8–12