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

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Vet Q


. 2021 Apr 23;1-31.
doi: 10.1080/01652176.2021.1921311. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 in animals: potential for unknown reservoir hosts and public health implications


Khan Sharun ¹ , Kuldeep Dhama ² , Abhijit M Pawde ¹ , Christian Gort?zar ³ , Ruchi Tiwari ⁴ , D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana ^{5 6} , Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales ^{6 7 8 9} , Jos? de la Fuente ^{3 10} , Izabela Michalak ¹¹ , Youssef A Attia ^{12 13 14}



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• PMID: 33892621
• DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2021.1921311

Abstract

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 Rhinolophus. Following the initial emergence, possibly facilitated by a mammalian bridge host, SARS-CoV-2 is currently transmitted across the globe via efficient human-to-human transmission. Results obtained from experimental studies indicate that animal species such as cats, ferrets, raccoon dogs, cynomolgus macaques, rhesus macaques, white-tailed deer, rabbits, Egyptian fruit bats, and Syrian hamsters are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and that cat-to-cat and ferret-to-ferret transmission can take place via contact and air. However, natural infections of SARS-CoV-2 have been reported only in pet dogs and cats, tigers, lions, snow leopards, pumas, and gorillas at zoos, and farmed mink and ferrets. Even though human-to-animal spillover has been reported at several instances, SARS-CoV-2 transmission from animals-to-humans has only been reported from mink-to-humans in mink farms. Following the rapid transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within the mink population, a new mink-associated SARS-CoV-2 variant emerged that was identified in both humans and mink. The increasing reports of SARS-CoV-2 in carnivores indicate the higher susceptibility of animal species belonging to this order. The sporadic reports of SARS-CoV-2 infection in domestic and wild animal species require further investigation to determine if SARS-CoV-2 or related Betacoronaviruses can get established in kept, feral or wild animal populations, which may eventually act as viral reservoirs. This review analyzes the current evidence of SARS-CoV-2 natural infection in domestic and wild animal species and their possible implications on public health.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; animals; host range; public health; susceptibility; wildlife reservoir.

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a very incomplete text:
- not a word from the little otters
- we only found it in cat fleas?

But it comforts me in the fact that the real expertise does not exist, at this stage, because the O.I.E document does not contain any Chinese or Hindu data ...


Weren't these two countries the ecohealth alliance workplaces?