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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Oct 22;26(12).
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.203733. Online ahead of print.
Susceptibility of Raccoon Dogs for Experimental SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Conrad M Freuling, Angele Breithaupt, Thomas M?ller, Julia Sehl, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Melanie Rissmann, Antonia Klein, Claudia Wylezich, Dirk H?per, Kerstin Wernike, Andrea Aebischer, Donata Hoffmann, Virginia Friedrichs, Anca Dorhoi, Martin H Groschup, Martin Beer, Thomas C Mettenleiter
Abstract
Raccoon dogs might have been intermediate hosts for severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus in 2002-2004. We demonstrated susceptibility of raccoon dogs to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and transmission to in-contact animals. Infected animals had no signs of illness. Virus replication and tissue lesions occurred in the nasal conchae.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Nyctereutes procyonoides; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; raccoon dogs; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; susceptibility; transmission; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Oct 22;26(12).
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.203733. Online ahead of print.
Susceptibility of Raccoon Dogs for Experimental SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Conrad M Freuling, Angele Breithaupt, Thomas M?ller, Julia Sehl, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Melanie Rissmann, Antonia Klein, Claudia Wylezich, Dirk H?per, Kerstin Wernike, Andrea Aebischer, Donata Hoffmann, Virginia Friedrichs, Anca Dorhoi, Martin H Groschup, Martin Beer, Thomas C Mettenleiter
- PMID: 33089771
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2612.203733
Abstract
Raccoon dogs might have been intermediate hosts for severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus in 2002-2004. We demonstrated susceptibility of raccoon dogs to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and transmission to in-contact animals. Infected animals had no signs of illness. Virus replication and tissue lesions occurred in the nasal conchae.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Nyctereutes procyonoides; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; raccoon dogs; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; susceptibility; transmission; viruses; zoonoses.