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 …

Cell entry by SARS-CoV-2

R Peng, LA Wu, Q Wang, J Qi, GF Gao - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2021 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) invades host cells by interacting
with receptors/coreceptors, as well as with other cofactors, via its spike (S) protein that …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for a mouse origin of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

C Wei, KJ Shan, W Wang, S Zhang, Q Huan… - Journal of genetics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid accumulation of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant that enabled its
outbreak raises questions as to whether its proximal origin occurred in humans or another …

Infection of wild-type mice by SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.351 variant indicates a possible novel cross-species transmission route

T Pan, R Chen, X He, Y Yuan, X Deng, R Li… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
COVID-19 is identified as a zoonotic disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, which also can cross-
transmit to many animals but not mice. Genetic modifications of SARS-CoV-2 or mice enable …

The future of zoonotic risk prediction

CJ Carlson, MJ Farrell, Z Grange… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In the light of the urgency raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, global investment in wildlife
virology is likely to increase, and new surveillance programmes will identify hundreds of …

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from humans to animals and potential host adaptation

CCS Tan, SD Lam, D Richard, CJ Owen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic, can infect a wide
range of mammals. Since its spread in humans, secondary host jumps of SARS-CoV-2 from …

[HTML][HTML] The N501Y mutation in SARS-CoV-2 spike leads to morbidity in obese and aged mice and is neutralized by convalescent and post-vaccination human sera

R Rathnasinghe, S Jangra, A Cupic… - MedRxiv, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The current COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 19) pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2,
disproportionally affects the elderly and people with comorbidities like obesity and …

In silico comparison of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-ACE2 binding affinities across species and implications for virus origin

S Piplani, PK Singh, DA Winkler, N Petrovsky - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS–coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) has raised important questions about its origins and the mechanism of its transfer to …

Predicting the zoonotic capacity of mammals to transmit SARS-CoV-2

IR Fischhoff, AA Castellanos… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Back and forth transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) between humans and animals will establish wild reservoirs of virus that endanger long …

Zoonotic and reverse zoonotic transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2

IV Goraichuk, V Arefiev, BT Stegniy, AP Gerilovych - Virus research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the first known pandemic caused by
a coronavirus. Its causative agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …