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J Med Virol . Susceptibility of livestock and companion animals to COVID-19

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J Med Virol


. 2020 Oct 22.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26621. Online ahead of print.
Susceptibility of livestock and companion animals to COVID-19


Chithra C Sreenivasan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Milton Thomas[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Dan Wang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Feng Li[SUP] 1 [/SUP]



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Abstract

While the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to wreak havoc, there is little known about the susceptibility of the livestock and companion animals relative to humans. Here, we explore the susceptibility of companion and agricultural animals, in the light of the existing information on natural infections, experimental infections, serosurveillance, and in vitro protein-homology binding interaction studies of the SARS-CoV-2 with the proposed receptor Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) from diverse animal species. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; animals; companion; livestock; pets; reverse zoonosis; susceptibility; transmission; zoonosis.
 
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