From people to Panthera: Natural SARS-CoV-2 infection in tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo
D. McAloose, M. Laverack, L. Wang, M. L. Killian, L. C. Caserta, F. Yuan, P. K. Mitchell, K. Queen, M. R. Mauldin, B. D. Cronk, S. L. Bartlett, J. M. Sykes, S. Zec, T. Stokol, K. Ingerman, , D. G. Diel
The paper reports the first natural SARS-CoV-2 infections in tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo, identifying two distinct viral strains and suggesting human-to-animal transmission.
bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2020Pathology