COVID-19-Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease?

N, Haider; P, Rothman-Ostrow; AY, Osman; LB, Arruda; L, Macfarlane-Berry; L, Elton; MJ, Thomason; D, Yeboah-Manu; R, Ansumana; N, Kapata; L, Mboera; J, Rushton; TD, McHugh; DL, Heymann; A, Zumla; RA, Kock

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.596944

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COVID-19-Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease?

Shared by NobleBlocks on Nov 26, 2020 • 12:00 AM UTC

Authors:

Haider N

Rothman-Ostrow P

Osman AY

Abstract

The World Health Organization defines a zoonosis as any infection naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans. The pandemic of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been classified as a zoonotic disease, however, no animal reservoir has yet been found, so this classif...

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Spillover

Zoonoses

Emerging Infectious Disease (Eid)

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