关键词: 树鼩, 丙型肝炎病毒, 体内外感染, 受体

Abstract: Abstract: Persistent infection with hepatitis C virus ( HCV) has become a global public health problem． The lack of proper study models has brought difficulties in the study of the mechanism of viral infection，life cycle and pathogenic mechanism of HCV． Tree shrews are classified into the primate animal and many biological characteristics are close to human． In recent years，Tree shrews has aroused the common interest in the biomedical researchers and the relevant regulators． The domestic and foreign scholars have made many positive attempts in order to determine whether or not tree shrews is used as the model of HCV infection． This article will introduce the newly progress of application of tree shrew in HCV experimental model research．

Key words: tree shrews, hepatitis C virus, In vitro and in vivo infection, recipient