Table 1 Search strategy and selection criteria

We searched the MEDLINE, as well as BioRxiv and MedRxiv preprint servers for original research describing or using an animal model of SARS-CoV-2 induced COVID published in English from January 1, 2020, to May 20, 2020. We used the search terms (COVID-19) OR (SARS-CoV-2) AND, (animal models), (hamsters), (nonhuman primates), (macaques), (rodent), (mice), (rats), (ferrets), (rabbits), (cats), and (dogs). The preprint servers were included in the search as the field of COVID-19 is developing quickly. Inclusion criteria were the establishment of animal models of COVID-19 as an endpoint. Other inclusion criteria were assessment of prophylaxis, therapies, or vaccines, using animal models of COVID-19. Exclusion criteria consisted of reviews, non-original articles, and unrelated to the COVID-19 infection or experimental animals that do not support SARS-CoV-2 replication. 101 studies and 326 preprints were screened of which 13 peer-reviewed studies and 14 preprints were included in the final analysis (Fig. 1). The variables extracted were the population type, study aim, the virus strain used, clinical response, pathology, viral replication, and host response as well as the effects of prophylaxis, drugs, or vaccines. The outcomes were organized according to species and categorized into phenotype (signs or symptoms; histopathology, time-course of the illness and outcome), viral (titer in each tissue organ, detection methods, duration of positivity), and host response (dynamic of seroconversion, inflammatory, and hemostatic markers), therapy, and vaccine (efficacy and safety)