R E V I E W A R T I C L E The battle against SARS and MERS coronaviruses: Reservoirs and Animal Models Shu-ran Gong | Lin-lin Bao Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine, Ministry of Health, Key Laboratory for Animal Models of Emerging and Reemerging Infectious, Beijing, China Correspondence Lin-lin Bao, Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China. Email: