Natural SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Kept Ferrets, Spain

We found severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA in 6 (8.4%) of 71 ferrets in central Spain and isolated and sequenced virus from 1 oral and 1 rectal swab specimen. Natural infection occurs in kept ferrets when virus circulation among humans is high. However, small ferret collections pro...

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Autores principales: Gortázar, Christian, Barroso-Arévalo, Sandra, Ferreras-Colino, Elisa, Isla, Julio, de la Fuente, Gabriela, Rivera, Belén, Domínguez, Lucas, de la Fuente, José, Sánchez-Vizcaíno, José M.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8237878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34152974
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.210096
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author Gortázar, Christian
Barroso-Arévalo, Sandra
Ferreras-Colino, Elisa
Isla, Julio
de la Fuente, Gabriela
Rivera, Belén
Domínguez, Lucas
de la Fuente, José
Sánchez-Vizcaíno, José M.
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Barroso-Arévalo, Sandra
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description We found severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA in 6 (8.4%) of 71 ferrets in central Spain and isolated and sequenced virus from 1 oral and 1 rectal swab specimen. Natural infection occurs in kept ferrets when virus circulation among humans is high. However, small ferret collections probably cannot maintain virus circulation.
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spelling pubmed-82378782021-07-09 Natural SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Kept Ferrets, Spain Gortázar, Christian Barroso-Arévalo, Sandra Ferreras-Colino, Elisa Isla, Julio de la Fuente, Gabriela Rivera, Belén Domínguez, Lucas de la Fuente, José Sánchez-Vizcaíno, José M. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We found severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA in 6 (8.4%) of 71 ferrets in central Spain and isolated and sequenced virus from 1 oral and 1 rectal swab specimen. Natural infection occurs in kept ferrets when virus circulation among humans is high. However, small ferret collections probably cannot maintain virus circulation. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8237878/ /pubmed/34152974 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.210096 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Barroso-Arévalo, Sandra
Ferreras-Colino, Elisa
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Domínguez, Lucas
de la Fuente, José
Sánchez-Vizcaíno, José M.
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title_short Natural SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Kept Ferrets, Spain
title_sort natural sars-cov-2 infection in kept ferrets, spain
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8237878/
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