Animal alphacoronaviruses found in human patients with acute respiratory illness in different countries

Vlasova AN 1 , Toh TH 2 , Lee JS 2 , Poovorawan Y 3 , Davis P 4 , Azevedo MSP 5 Show all authors , Lednicky JA 6 , Saif LJ 1 , Gray GC 7

Affiliations 

  • 1 Center for Food Animal Health, Department of Animal Sciences, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, USA
  • 2 Clinical Research Center, Sibu Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • 3 Center of Excellence in Viral Hepatitis Research, Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 4 MRIGlobal, 425 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, Kansas City, MO, USA
  • 5 National Center for Toxicological Research, Division of Microbiology, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, USA
  • 6 Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
  • 7 Departments of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Microbiology and Immunology, and Preventive Medicine & Population Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
Emerg Microbes Infect, 2022 Feb 14.
PMID: 35156544 DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2040341

Abstract

Here we review the existing evidence of animal alphacoronaviruses (Alphacoronavirus 1 species) 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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