White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) may serve as a wildlife reservoir for nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

LC Caserta, M Martins, SL Butt… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The spillover of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from
humans to white-tailed deer (WTD) and its ability to transmit from deer to deer raised …

From Deer-to-Deer: SARS-CoV-2 is efficiently transmitted and presents broad tissue tropism and replication sites in white-tailed deer

M Martins, PM Boggiatto, A Buckley… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in humans, has a broad host range, and is able to …

The Omicron variant BA. 1.1 presents a lower pathogenicity than B. 1 D614G and Delta variants in a feline model of SARS-CoV-2 infection

M Martins, GM do Nascimento, M Nooruzzaman… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) is the most recent SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern, which
emerged in late 2021 and rapidly achieved global predominance by early 2022. In this …

Clinical and molecular relationships between COVID-19 and feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)

AN Sweet, NM André, AE Stout, BN Licitra… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led the medical
and scientific community to address questions surrounding the pathogenesis and clinical …

Emerging respiratory viruses of cats

A Palombieri, F Di Profio, P Fruci, V Sarchese… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, advances in diagnostics and deep sequencing technologies have led to the
identification and characterization of novel viruses in cats as protoparviruses and …

Differential susceptibility of SARS‐CoV‐2 in animals: Evidence of ACE2 host receptor distribution in companion animals, livestock and wildlife by …

FZX Lean, A Núñez, S Spiro… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is a host cell membrane protein (receptor)
that mediates the binding of coronavirus, most notably SARS coronaviruses in the …

Determining the role of natural SARS-CoV-2 infection in the death of domestic pets: 10 cases (2020–2021)

A Carpenter, RR Ghai, J Gary, JM Ritter… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Am Vet Med Assoc
OBJECTIVE To establish a pathoepidemiological model to evaluate the role of SARS-CoV-2
infection in the first 10 companion animals that died while infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the …

A spike protein-based subunit SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for pets: safety, immunogenicity, and protective efficacy in juvenile cats

K Tabynov, M Orynbassar, L Yelchibayeva… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Whereas, multiple vaccine types have been developed to curb the spread of Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) among humans, there are very few …

A comprehensive dataset of animal-associated sarbecoviruses

B Liu, P Zhao, P Xu, Y Han, Y Wang, L Chen, Z Wu… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Zoonotic spillover of sarbecoviruses (SarbeCoVs) from non-human animals to humans
under natural conditions has led to two large-scale pandemics, the severe acute respiratory …

Molecular detection and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs of positive owners during the first COVID-19 wave in Brazil

JA Galhardo, DS Barbosa, LB Kmetiuk… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Despite previous reports of SARS-CoV-2 infection in dogs and cats worldwide, the type of
swab sample used for its detection through RT-qPCR needs to be better compared and …