SARS-CoV-2 in fruit bats, ferrets, pigs, and chickens: an experimental transmission study

Summary: Background: In December, 2019, a novel zoonotic severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus emerged in China. The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) became pandemic within weeks and the number of human infections and severe cases is increasing. We...

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Main Authors: Kore Schlottau, PhD, Melanie Rissmann, DVM, Annika Graaf, DVM, Jacob Schön, PhD, Julia Sehl, DVM, Claudia Wylezich, PhD, Dirk Höper, PhD, Thomas C Mettenleiter, ProfPhD, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, DVM, Timm Harder, ProfDVM, Christian Grund, DVM, Donata Hoffmann, DVM, Angele Breithaupt, DVM, Martin Beer, ProfDVM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:The Lancet Microbe
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666524720300896