SARS-CoV-2 in animals: potential for unknown reservoir hosts and public health implications

K Sharun, K Dhama, AM Pawde, C Gortázar… - Veterinary …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, previously 2019-nCoV) is
suspected of having originated in 2019 in China from a coronavirus infected bat of the genus …

Molecular characteristics, immune evasion, and impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants

C Sun, C Xie, GL Bu, LY Zhong, MS Zeng - Signal Transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The persistent COVID-19 pandemic since 2020 has brought an enormous public health
burden to the global society and is accompanied by various evolution of the virus genome …

Susceptibility of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to SARS-CoV-2

MV Palmer, M Martins, S Falkenberg, A Buckley… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The origin of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus
causing the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, remains a mystery …

High prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in pets from COVID-19+ households

M Fritz, B Rosolen, E Krafft, P Becquart, E Elguero… - One Health, 2020 - Elsevier
In a survey of household cats and dogs of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients, we
found a high seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, ranging from 21% to 53 …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection in dogs and cats of humans diagnosed with COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

GA Calvet, SA Pereira, M Ogrzewalska… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Infection by SARS-CoV-2 in domestic animals has been related to close contact
with humans diagnosed with COVID-19. Objectives: To assess the exposure, infection, and …

SARS-CoV-2 infections and viral isolations among serially tested cats and dogs in households with infected owners in Texas, USA

SA Hamer, A Pauvolid-Corrêa, IB Zecca, E Davila… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding the ecological and epidemiological roles of pets in the transmission of SARS-
CoV-2 is critical for animal and human health, identifying household reservoirs, and …

Natural and experimental SARS-CoV-2 infection in domestic and wild animals

DA Meekins, NN Gaudreault, JA Richt - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 is the etiological agent responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,
which continues to spread with devastating effects on global health and socioeconomics …

Infection and transmission of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 and its alpha variant in pregnant white-tailed deer

K Cool, NN Gaudreault, I Morozov… - Emerging microbes & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT SARS-CoV-2 was first reported circulating in human populations in December
2019 and has since become a global pandemic. Recent history involving SARS-like …

An overview of SARS-CoV-2 and animal infection

MAA Mahdy, W Younis, Z Ewaida - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A novel coronavirus has been reported as the causative pathogen of the Coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan city, China in December 2019. Due to the …

Advances and gaps in SARS-CoV-2 infection models

C Muñoz-Fontela, L Widerspick, RA Albrecht… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The global response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is now facing new
challenges such as vaccine inequity and the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern …