Third update on possible animal sources for human COVID-19

Authors: Opriessnig, Tanja ;

Huang, Yao-Wei

Source: Xenotransplantation

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: https://doi.org/10.1111/xen.12671

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Approximately a year ago, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in humans was described for the first time in Wuhan, China.¹ Since, SARS-CoV-2 and its clinical manifestation, known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), have dominated the news and varying restrictions to everyday life have been introduced in essentially all continents in an international effort to limit human-to-human spread as well as decrease hospitalization rates.² Updated information on confirmed high pathogenic CoV infections and fatalities in humans are provided in Table 1. This synopsis represents the third update on recent findings on animal sources that could pose a risk for human SARS-CoV-2 infection. The information provided is intended to update people working closely with animals on new evidence of cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from humans.

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Opriessnig, T. & Huang, Y. 2021, 'Third update on possible animal sources for human COVID-19', Xenotransplantation, 28 (1), article no: e12671. https://doi.org/10.1111/xen.12671

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/xen.12671

Repository URI: https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/f3a41c7f-1993-4450-8384-170bb509e02c