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Nat Commun ; 11(1): 3496, 2020 07 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32641684

RESUMO

SARS-CoV-2, a coronavirus that emerged in late 2019, has spread rapidly worldwide, and information about the modes of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among humans is critical to apply appropriate infection control measures and to slow its spread. Here we show that SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted efficiently via direct contact and via the air (via respiratory droplets and/or aerosols) between ferrets, 1 to 3 days and 3 to 7 days after exposure respectively. The pattern of virus shedding in the direct contact and indirect recipient ferrets is similar to that of the inoculated ferrets and infectious virus is isolated from all positive animals, showing that ferrets are productively infected via either route. This study provides experimental evidence of robust transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via the air, supporting the implementation of community-level social distancing measures currently applied in many countries in the world and informing decisions on infection control measures in healthcare settings.


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Betacoronavirus/fisiologia , Infecções por Coronavirus/transmissão , Infecções por Coronavirus/virologia , Pneumonia Viral/transmissão , Pneumonia Viral/virologia , Animais , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Betacoronavirus/genética , Betacoronavirus/imunologia , Betacoronavirus/isolamento & purificação , COVID-19 , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Furões , Genoma Viral/genética , Humanos , Pandemias , Reto/virologia , Sistema Respiratório/virologia , SARS-CoV-2 , Análise de Sequência de RNA , Eliminação de Partículas Virais
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Science ; 368(6494): 1012-1015, 2020 05 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32303590

RESUMO

The current pandemic coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was recently identified in patients with an acute respiratory syndrome, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To compare its pathogenesis with that of previously emerging coronaviruses, we inoculated cynomolgus macaques with SARS-CoV-2 or Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-CoV and compared the pathology and virology with historical reports of SARS-CoV infections. In SARS-CoV-2-infected macaques, virus was excreted from nose and throat in the absence of clinical signs and detected in type I and II pneumocytes in foci of diffuse alveolar damage and in ciliated epithelial cells of nasal, bronchial, and bronchiolar mucosae. In SARS-CoV infection, lung lesions were typically more severe, whereas they were milder in MERS-CoV infection, where virus was detected mainly in type II pneumocytes. These data show that SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19-like disease in macaques and provides a new model to test preventive and therapeutic strategies.


Assuntos
Betacoronavirus/patogenicidade , Infecções por Coronavirus/patologia , Infecções por Coronavirus/virologia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Pulmão/patologia , Macaca fascicularis , Pneumonia Viral/patologia , Pneumonia Viral/virologia , Envelhecimento , Animais , Betacoronavirus/isolamento & purificação , Betacoronavirus/fisiologia , COVID-19 , Feminino , Pulmão/virologia , Coronavírus da Síndrome Respiratória do Oriente Médio/isolamento & purificação , Coronavírus da Síndrome Respiratória do Oriente Médio/fisiologia , Pandemias , Alvéolos Pulmonares/patologia , Alvéolos Pulmonares/virologia , Sistema Respiratório/patologia , Sistema Respiratório/virologia , Coronavírus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/isolamento & purificação , Coronavírus Relacionado à Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/fisiologia , SARS-CoV-2 , Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/patologia , Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave/virologia , Replicação Viral , Eliminação de Partículas Virais
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