Isolation of a Novel Recombinant Canine Coronavirus From a Visitor to Haiti: Further Evidence of Transmission of Coronaviruses of Zoonotic Origin to Humans
John A. Lednicky, Massimiliano S. Tagliamonte, Sarah K. White, Gabriela M. Blohm, Md. Mahbubul Alam, Nicole M. Iovine, Marco Salemi, Carla Mavian, J. Glenn Morris
Abstract
We isolated a novel coronavirus from a medical team member presenting with fever and malaise after travel to Haiti. The virus showed 99.4% similarity with a recombinant canine coronavirus recently identified in a pneumonia patient in Malaysia, suggesting that infection with this virus and/or recombinant variants occurs in multiple locations.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)VirologyCoronavirus2019-20 coronavirus outbreakTransmission (telecommunications)BetacoronavirusIsolation (microbiology)MedicineCoronavirus InfectionsSars virusSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirusRecombinant DNAPandemicBiologyOutbreakMicrobiologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)GeneticsDiseasePathologyEngineeringGeneElectrical engineeringSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyAnimal Virus Infections Studies