Interspecies transmission of coronaviruses and immunization: An Indian perspective

The milder form of infection and higher rates of recovery witnessed among COVID-19 patients in India is indicative of the potential intervention of other “unconventional” biological mechanisms. The recently established similarity between beta-coronavirus strains in animals and humans led us to hypot...

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Autores principales: Rao, Vishal, Kannan, Swetha, Arakeri, Gururaj, Subhash, Anand, Batra, H. V., Kumar, Jitendra, Gulia, Ashish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8219005/
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/IJMS_191_2020
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Sumario:The milder form of infection and higher rates of recovery witnessed among COVID-19 patients in India is indicative of the potential intervention of other “unconventional” biological mechanisms. The recently established similarity between beta-coronavirus strains in animals and humans led us to hypothesize that previous contact with infected dogs or cattle could shield humans from the circulating SARS-CoV-2 virus. We further believe that our hypothesis, if confirmed by further studies, could be used as a potential vaccine strategy.

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