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Editor, Senior Moderator
Curr Opin Virol
. 2023 Oct 2:63:101365.
doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2023.101365. Online ahead of print. Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from humans to animals: is there a risk of novel reservoirs?
Leira Fernández-Bastit[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Júlia Vergara-Alert[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joaquim Segalés[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a zoonotic virus able to infect humans and multiple nonhuman animal species. Most natural infections in companion, captive zoo, livestock, and wildlife species have been related to a reverse transmission, raising concern about potential generation of animal reservoirs due to human-animal interactions. To date, American mink and white-tailed deer are the only species that led to extensive intraspecies transmission of SARS-CoV-2 after reverse zoonosis, leading to an efficient spread of the virus and subsequent animal-to-human transmission. Viral host adaptations increase the probability of new SARS-CoV-2 variants' emergence that could cause a major global health impact. Therefore, applying the One Health approach is crucial to prevent and overcome future threats for human, animal, and environmental fields.
. 2023 Oct 2:63:101365.
doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2023.101365. Online ahead of print. Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from humans to animals: is there a risk of novel reservoirs?
Leira Fernández-Bastit[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Júlia Vergara-Alert[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joaquim Segalés[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 37793299
- DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2023.101365
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a zoonotic virus able to infect humans and multiple nonhuman animal species. Most natural infections in companion, captive zoo, livestock, and wildlife species have been related to a reverse transmission, raising concern about potential generation of animal reservoirs due to human-animal interactions. To date, American mink and white-tailed deer are the only species that led to extensive intraspecies transmission of SARS-CoV-2 after reverse zoonosis, leading to an efficient spread of the virus and subsequent animal-to-human transmission. Viral host adaptations increase the probability of new SARS-CoV-2 variants' emergence that could cause a major global health impact. Therefore, applying the One Health approach is crucial to prevent and overcome future threats for human, animal, and environmental fields.