SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak among Malayan Tigers and Humans, Tennessee, USA, 2020

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Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
[저자] Heather N. Grome, Becky Meyer, Erin Read, Martha Buchanan, Andrew Cushing, Kaitlin Sawatzki, Kara J. Levinson, Linda S. Thomas, Zachary Perry, Anna Uehara, Ying Tao, Krista Queen, Suxiang Tong, Ria Ghai, Mary-Margaret Fill, Timothy F. Jones, William Schaffner, John Dunn
[Category] COVID19(2023년), SARS,
PMC URL    Pubmed URL    [DOI] 10.3201/eid2804.212219    
[Source] PMC

We report an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 involving 3 Malayan tigers ( Panthera tigris jacksoni) at a zoo in Tennessee, USA. Investigation identified naturally occurring tiger-to-tiger transmission; genetic sequence change occurred with viral passage. We provide epidemiologic, environmental, and genomic sequencing data for animal and human infections.

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【저자키워드】 COVID-19, coronavirus disease, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, viruses, respiratory infections, zoonoses, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, SARS, Outbreak investigation, United States, Tennessee, Malayan Tigers,