Susceptibility of Raccoon Dogs for Experimental SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Respiratory Infections, transmission, covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, Susceptibility, raccoon dogs
Raccoon dogs might have been intermediate hosts for severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus in 2002–2004. We demonstrated susceptibility of raccoon dogs to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and transmission to in-contact animals. Infected animals had no signs of illness. Virus replication and tissue lesions occurred in the nasal conchae.
Conrad M. Freuling, Angele Breithaupt, Thomas Müller, Julia Sehl, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Melanie Rissmann, Antonia Klein, Claudia Wylezich, Dirk Höper, Kerstin Wernike, Andrea Aebischer, Donata Hoffmann, Virginia Friedrichs, Anca Dorhoi, Martin H. Groschup, Martin Beer, Thomas C. Mettenleiter
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases