Various animals have been proven to be able to become infected with
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) is a strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), the respiratory illness responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The virus previously had a ...
, the virus that causes
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...
. The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgi ...
has stated that it is a low risk that the virus would spread from animals to people.
es are common among some animal species, but this list only shows those who have been proven to carry the virus that causes COVID-19. Most types of animals that can get the virus have not been proven to be able to spread it back to humans.
See also
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COVID-19 pandemic and animals
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected animals directly and indirectly. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is zoonotic, which likely to have originated from animals such as bats and pangolins. Human impact on wildlife and animal habitats ...
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SARS-CoV-2 in mink
Both the American mink and the European mink have shown high susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 since the earliest stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, first in mink farms across Europe, followed by mink farms in the United States. Mortality has been extreme ...
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SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer
Blood samples gathered by USDA researchers in 2021 showed that 40% of sampled white-tailed deer demonstrated evidence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, with the highest percentages in Michigan, at 67%, and Pennsylvania, at 44%. A later study by Penn State ...
References
External links
* SARS-ANI VIS
A Global Open Access Dataset of Reported SARS-CoV-2 Events in Animals
Further reading
*{{cite journal , last1=Mallapaty , first1=Smriti , title=The search for animals harbouring coronavirus — and why it matters , journal=Nature , date=2 March 2021 , volume=591 , issue=7848 , pages=26–28 , doi=10.1038/d41586-021-00531-z , pmid=33654304 , bibcode=2021Natur.591...26M , s2cid=232102820 , url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00531-z, doi-access=free
animals
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in ...
Disease_ecology