New animal models for hepatitis C viral infection and pathogenesis studies

Table 1 HCV infection trials in animals

Virus	Animal tested		Infection	Original reference
HCV	Non human primates	Chimpanzee	Yes	Alter et al[2] 1978
		Marmoset	Yes	Feinstone et al[71] 1981
		Cottontop tamarin	No	Garson et al[72] 1997
		Cynomoglus monkey	No
		Rhesus monkey	No
		Green monkey	No
		Japanese monkey	No	Abe et al[73] 1993
		Doguera baboon	No
		Chacma baboon	No	Sithebe et al[74] 2002
	Scandentia	Tupaia	Yes	Xie et al[75] 1998
	Rodents	uPA/SCID mice	Yes	Mercer et al[26] 2001
		Trimera mice	Yes	Galun et al[10] 1995
		Rat	Yes	Wu et al[8] 2005
		Woodchuck	No	Abe et al[73] 1993