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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
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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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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Animals, Domestic / 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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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Animals, Domestic / Animals, Wild Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Animals / Humans Language: English Journal: MEDICC Rev Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2020 Document Type: Article