Joško Račnik (Author), Ana Kočevar (Author), Brigita Slavec (Author), Miša Korva (Author), Katarina Resman Rus (Author), Samo Zakotnik (Author), Tomaž Mark Zorec (Author), Mario Poljak (Author), Milan Matko (Author), Olga Zorman-Rojs (Author), Tatjana Avšič-Županc (Author)

Abstract

Abstract We report a case of natural infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 transmitted from an owner to a pet ferret in the same household in Slovenia. The ferret had onset of gastroenteritis with severe dehydration. Whole-genome sequencing of the viruses isolated from the owner and ferret revealed a 2-nt difference.

Keywords

Zoonoses;disease transmission;SARS-COV-2;human;ferret;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL MF - Faculty of Medicine
UDC: 636.09:616.9
COBISS: 73597699 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 1080-6040
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Other data

Secondary keywords: SARS-CoV-2;Ferrets;
Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: str. 2450-2453
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ27
Issue: ǂno. ǂ9
Chronology: 2021
DOI: 10.3201/eid2709.210774
ID: 13694372
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