Table 3.

Neuro-infection with SARS-CoV-2 in animals

Article/author	Year of publication	Type of animal	Animal model	Route of virus administration	Duration of study	Organs of involvement	Neurological symptoms	Non-neurological symptoms	Mortality rate	Suitable animal model
Lu et al.	2020	Old World monkey: Macaca mulatta, Macaca fascicularis  +  New World monkeys: Callithrix jacchus	Wild type	Old World monkeys: intratracheally + intranasally + on conjunctiva New World monkeys: intranasally	21 days	Lung Heart Lymph node Spleen Liver Kidney	Not mentioned	Increased body temperature, weight loss, progressive pulmonary infiltration	Not evaluated	Yes M. mulatta is the most susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection as compared to M. fascicularis and C. jacchus