Concerns on the Emerging Research of SARS-CoV-2 on Felines: Could They be Significant Hosts/Reservoirs?
Author(s) -
D. Katterine BonillaAldana,
Julián Ruíz-Sáenz,
Marlén MartínezGutierrez,
Ruchi Tiwari,
Kuldeep Dhama,
Javier A. Jaimes,
Alfonso J. RodríguezMorales
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pure and applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2581-690X
pISSN - 0973-7510
DOI - 10.22207/jpam.14.spl1.04
Subject(s) - transmission (telecommunications) , covid-19 , cats , sars virus , biology , disease reservoir , disease transmission , virology , environmental health , medicine , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , electrical engineering , engineering
With the growing evidence of cases and studies showing natural and experimental infection due to SARS-CoV-2 in felines, including cats, lion, and tigers, there is also an increasing concern about its susceptibility and their role in urban cycles of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, initially from humans-to-animals, but with uncertainty about reverse transmission. In this review, we addressed the evidence around this situation.
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