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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Jul;27(7):1994-1996.
doi: 10.3201/eid2707.210096.
Natural SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Kept Ferrets, Spain
Christian Gortázar, Sandra Barroso-Arévalo, Elisa Ferreras-Colino, Julio Isla, Gabriela de la Fuente, Belén Rivera, Lucas Domínguez, José de la Fuente, José M Sánchez-Vizcaíno
Abstract
We found severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA in 6 (8.4%) of 71 ferrets in central Spain and isolated and sequenced virus from 1 oral and 1 rectal swab specimen. Natural infection occurs in kept ferrets when virus circulation among humans is high. However, small ferret collections probably cannot maintain virus circulation.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Spain; coronavirus disease; ferrets; mustela putorius furo; natural infection; pets; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; work animals; zoonoses.
. 2021 Jul;27(7):1994-1996.
doi: 10.3201/eid2707.210096.
Natural SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Kept Ferrets, Spain
Christian Gortázar, Sandra Barroso-Arévalo, Elisa Ferreras-Colino, Julio Isla, Gabriela de la Fuente, Belén Rivera, Lucas Domínguez, José de la Fuente, José M Sánchez-Vizcaíno
- PMID: 34152974
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2707.210096
Abstract
We found severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA in 6 (8.4%) of 71 ferrets in central Spain and isolated and sequenced virus from 1 oral and 1 rectal swab specimen. Natural infection occurs in kept ferrets when virus circulation among humans is high. However, small ferret collections probably cannot maintain virus circulation.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Spain; coronavirus disease; ferrets; mustela putorius furo; natural infection; pets; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; work animals; zoonoses.