COVID-19, Your Pet and Other Animals: Are You at Risk?
MEDICC Rev
; 22(4): 81-82, 2020 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1008394
ABSTRACT
Despite fast-tracked research, the precise origin, transmission and evolution of COVID-19 are still unknown. While the bat genus Rhinolophus is likely the primary source of the zoonotic-origin pathogen SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, its transmission route into the human population is still being studied.[1,2] Coronaviruses (CoV) affect humans and various animal species. Bats were the original hosts of the CoV that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), for example, with masked palm civet cats and dromedaries, respectively, the intermediate hosts of those two viruses. Research is ongoing regarding intermediate species for SARS-CoV-2, but one possibility is the large stray cat and dog population around the live animal market in Wuhan, China, where the pandemic is thought to have started.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Animals, Domestic
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Animals, Wild
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Animals
/
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
MEDICC Rev
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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