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

doi:10.1093/cid/ciab924

Isolation of a Novel Recombinant Canine Coronavirus From a Visitor to Haiti: Further Evidence of Transmission of Coronaviruses of Zoonotic Origin to Humans

Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):e1184-e1187. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab924.

Authors

John A Lednicky^{1

2}, Massimiliano S Tagliamonte^{1

3}, Sarah K White^{1

2}, Gabriela M Blohm^{1

2}, Md Mahbubul Alam^{1

2}, Nicole M Iovine^{1

4}, Marco Salemi^{1

3}, Carla Mavian^{1

3}, J Glenn Morris^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
² Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

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.

Keywords: coronavirus; coronavirus: canine; coronavirus: recombinant; coronavirus: zoonotic; human coronavirus infection.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
COVID-19*
Coronavirus, Canine*
Dogs
Haiti
Humans
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
Travel

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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