Susceptibility of Raccoon Dogs for Experimental SARS-CoV-2 Infection
subject: Respiratory Infections, transmission, covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, Susceptibility, raccoon dogs
description: 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.
creator: 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
source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
date: 2020
coverage: Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases