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Natural SARS-CoV-2 infection in kept ferrets, Spain (preprint)

Christian Gortazar; Sandra Barroso-Arevalo; Elisa Ferreras; Julio Isla; Gabriela de la Fuente; Belen Rivera; Lucas Dominguez; Jose de la Fuente; Jose M Vizcaino; Bruce Guthrie; David McAllister; Samantha Perera N/A; Lauren Ma BS; Josephine Pham N/A; Mark Rolfsen MD; Jarod Olay MS; John Shin BS; Jennifer M. Dan MD PhD; Robert Abbott PhD; Sydney Ramirez MD PhD; Thomas H. Alexander MD MHSc; Grace Y. Lin MD; Ana Lucia Fuentes MD; Ira N. Advani BS; Deepti Gunge BS; Victor Pretorius MBChB MD; Atul Malhotra MD; Xin Sun PhD; Jason Duran MD PhD; Shane Crotty PhD; Nicole G. Coufal MD PhD; Angela Meier MD PhD; Laura E. Crotty Alexander MD; Aidan T Hanrath; Ina CD Schim van der Loeff; Andrew S Barr; Amada Sanchez-Gonzalez; Laura Bergamaschi; Federica Mescia; Josephine L Barnes; Eliz Kilich; Angus de Wilton; Anita Saigal; Aarash Saleh; Sam M Janes; Claire M Smith; Nusayhah Gopee; Caroline Wilson; Paul Coupland; Jonathan M Coxhead; Vladimir Y Kiselev; Stijn van Dongen; Jaume Bacardit; Hamish W King; Anthony J Rostron; A John Simpson; Sophie Hambleton; Elisa Laurenti; Paul A Lyons; Kerstin B Meyer; Marko Z Nikolic; Christopher JA Duncan; Ken Smith; Sarah A Teichmann; Menna R Clatworthy; John C Marioni; Berthold Gottgens; Muzlifah Haniffa.

biorxiv; 2021.

Preprint in English | bioRxiv | ID: ppzbmed-10.1101.2021.01.14.426652

ABSTRACT

We found SARS-CoV-2 RNA in 6 of 71 ferrets (8.4%) and isolated the virus from one rectal swab. Natural SARS-CoV-2 infection does occur in kept ferrets, at least under circumstances of high viral circulation in the human population. However, small ferret collections are probably unable to maintain prolonged virus circulation.

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