SARS virus infection of cats and ferrets

The reservoir of the coronavirus isolated from patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)(1,2) is still unknown, but is suspected to have been a wild animal species. Here we show that ferrets (Mustela furo) and domestic cats (Felis domesticus) are susceptible to infection by SARS coronav...

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Autores principales: Martina, Byron E. E., Haagmans, Bart L., Kuiken, Thijs, Fouchier, Ron A. M., Rimmelzwaan, Guus F., van Amerongen, Geert, Peiris, J. S. Malik, Lim, Wilina, Osterhaus, Albert D. M. E.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7094990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14586458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/425915a
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author Martina, Byron E. E.
Haagmans, Bart L.
Kuiken, Thijs
Fouchier, Ron A. M.
Rimmelzwaan, Guus F.
van Amerongen, Geert
Peiris, J. S. Malik
Lim, Wilina
Osterhaus, Albert D. M. E.
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description The reservoir of the coronavirus isolated from patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)(1,2) is still unknown, but is suspected to have been a wild animal species. Here we show that ferrets (Mustela furo) and domestic cats (Felis domesticus) are susceptible to infection by SARS coronavirus (SCV) and that they can efficiently transmit the virus to previously uninfected animals that are housed with them. The observation that these two distantly related carnivores can so easily be infected with the virus indicates that the reservoir for this pathogen may involve a range of animal species. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version of this article (doi:10.1038/425915a) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-70949902020-03-26 SARS virus infection of cats and ferrets Martina, Byron E. E. Haagmans, Bart L. Kuiken, Thijs Fouchier, Ron A. M. Rimmelzwaan, Guus F. van Amerongen, Geert Peiris, J. S. Malik Lim, Wilina Osterhaus, Albert D. M. E. Nature Article The reservoir of the coronavirus isolated from patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)(1,2) is still unknown, but is suspected to have been a wild animal species. Here we show that ferrets (Mustela furo) and domestic cats (Felis domesticus) are susceptible to infection by SARS coronavirus (SCV) and that they can efficiently transmit the virus to previously uninfected animals that are housed with them. The observation that these two distantly related carnivores can so easily be infected with the virus indicates that the reservoir for this pathogen may involve a range of animal species. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version of this article (doi:10.1038/425915a) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Nature Publishing Group UK 2003 /pmc/articles/PMC7094990/ /pubmed/14586458 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/425915a Text en © Nature Publishing Group 2003 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Osterhaus, Albert D. M. E.
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