Animal alphacoronaviruses found in human patients with acute respiratory illness in different countries.
Anastasia N. Vlasova, Teck‐Hock Toh, Jeffrey Soon-Yit Lee, Yong Poovorawan, Phillip Davis, Marli S. P. Azevedo, John A. Lednicky, Linda J. Saif, Gregory C. Gray
Abstract
) circulating in human patients with acute respiratory illness. Thus far, the viruses similar to canine, feline and porcine alphacoronaviruses (including the most recent CCoV-HuPn-2018 and HuCCoV_Z19) have been detected in humans in Haiti, Malaysia, Thailand, and USA. The available data suggest that these viruses emerged in different geographic locations independently and have circulated in humans for at least 20 years. Additional studies are needed to investigate their prevalence and disease impact.
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Respiratory illnessDiseaseMedicineRespiratory systemVirologyPathologyInternal medicineAnimal Virus Infections StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology