Preprint
North American deer mice are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2
Abstract
Abstract The zoonotic spillover of the pandemic SARS-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from an animal reservoir, currently presumed to be the Chinese horseshoe bat, into a naïve human population has rapidly resulted in a significant global public health emergency. Worldwide circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in humans raises the theoretical risk of reverse zoonosis events with wildlife, reintroductions of SARS-CoV-2 into permissive non-domesticated animals, …
Authors
Griffin BD; Chan M; Tailor N; Mendoza EJ; Leung A; Warner BM; Duggan AT; Moffat E; He S; Garnett L
DOI
10.1101/2020.07.25.221291
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bioRxiv